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Lewis Morris

Artist: John Wollaston, c. 1710 - c. 1767
Sitter: Lewis Morris, 8 Apr 1726 - 22 Jan 1798

Date: c. 1750

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 76.2 x 63.5 x 2.5cm (30 x 25 x 1"); Frame: 93 x 81.3 x 6.4cm (36 5/8 x 32 x 2 1/2")

Topic: Interior; Lewis Morris: Male; Lewis Morris: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman; Lewis Morris: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration; Lewis Morris: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee; Lewis Morris: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York; Lewis Morris: Politics and Government\Patriot; Lewis Morris: Military and Intelligence\Militia\Militiaman\Revolution; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.78.217

Provenance: (Dora Alderson Curtis [Mrs. George Vaughn Curtis], Arlington, Va., [d. 1960]); her daughter Lola Alderson [Mrs. John Baber], Arlington, Va.; (Victor D. Spark, New York); purchased 1978 NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery