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Artist
Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888
Copy after
John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857
Sitter
Sarah Childress Polk, 4 Sep 1803 - 14 Aug 1891
Date
1846
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16")
Sheet: 35.5 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Brooch
Symbols & Motifs\Star
Sarah Childress Polk: Female
Sarah Childress Polk: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family
