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John C. Calhoun

Attribution: Charles Bird King, 26 Sep 1785 - 18 Mar 1862
Sitter: John Caldwell Calhoun, 18 Mar 1782 - 31 Mar 1850

Date: c. 1823

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 76.8 × 64.1 × 2.2 cm (30 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 7/8"); Frame (Verified): 92.7 x 81.3 x 8.3 cm (36 1/2 x 32 x 3 1/4")

Topic: Interior; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass; John Caldwell Calhoun: Male; John Caldwell Calhoun: Law and Crime\Lawyer; John Caldwell Calhoun: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US; John Caldwell Calhoun: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War; John Caldwell Calhoun: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher; John Caldwell Calhoun: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State; John Caldwell Calhoun: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina; John Caldwell Calhoun: Politics and Government\US Senator\South Carolina; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.65.58

Provenance: (Augustus F. De Forest, New York);(Keeler Galleries, New York, 4 May 1922); (Kraushaar Gallery, New York); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1936 by The A. W.Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust; gift 1942 to NGA; transferred 1965 to NPG.

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery