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Artist
Robert Edge Pine, c. 1730 - 1788
Sitter
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Date
1785
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Sight: 90.2 x 69.9cm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2")
Frame: 101.6 x 81.6 x 6.4cm (40 x 32 1/8 x 2 1/2")
Topic
Exterior
Equipment\Walking stick\Cane
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
George Washington: Male
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor
George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.80.16
Provenance
The artist; public auction 1792. Anthony Fothergill [1732-1813]; John Coakley Lettsom; (Leigh and Sotheby), London, May 2-4, 1816; (Shaw Armour, Montreal), Dec. 14, 1816. Henry Brevoort purchased it in Toronto 1817; his son James Carson Brevoort; his nephew Grenville Kane; his daughter Edith Kane [Mrs. George F. Baker]; her son George F. Baker, Jr.; his widow, Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr. [Kim K. Campbell, Mrs. Rolla D. Campbell, Jr.]; purchased 1980 NPG
