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Artist
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter
Benjamin Harrison, Jr., 1750? - 1799
Formerly identified as
Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 1726 - 1791
Date
1783
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 76.2 x 33cm (30 x 13")
Frame: 90.2 x 76.8 x 6.4cm (35 1/2 x 30 1/4 x 2 1/2")
Benjamin Harrison, Sr.: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Virginia
Benjamin Harrison, Sr.: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman
Benjamin Harrison, Sr.: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
Benjamin Harrison, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Revolutionary
Benjamin Harrison, Sr.: Politics and Government\Governor\Virginia
Benjamin Harrison, Jr.: Male
Benjamin Harrison, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Revolutionary
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
