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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Edwin Forrest, 9 Mar 1806 - 12 Dec 1872
Date
c. 1840
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 88.9 x 63.5cm (35 x 25")
Frame: 109.2 x 90.2 x 8.9cm (43 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2")
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.90.45
Provenance
The Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors, Philadelphia; deeded upon dissolution, 1988 to NPG
