George Washington
c. 1790s
Maker Unknown
American Painting and Sculpture
George Washington, c. 1790s. America, 18th century. Oil on canvas; unframed: 52.7 x 43.2 cm (20 3/4 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1921.2552
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 52.7 x 43.2 cm (20 3/4 x 17 in.)
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1921.2552
- Credit Line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, The Face of Liberty, Philadelphia, Centennial Exposition (1876)<br>Washington, D.C., United States National Museum, (1884).<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits (1886).<br>New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Washington Centennial (Opened 17 April1889).<br>Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits (1893).<br>Richmond, VA, Virginia House, Historical Portraits, 1585-183- (1929), no.17.<br>Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Washington Bicentennial Historical Loan Exhibition of Portraits of George Washington and His Associates (5 March-24 November 1932), cat. no. 52, pp. 27-28, not illus.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936), cat. no. 54, p. 30, illus.<br>Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Trois Siécles d'Art aux États-Unis (May-July 1938), cat. no. 185, not illus. exhibition in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, New York.<br>Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Survey of American Painting (October 1940-??), cat. no. 60, repr. on front cover.<br>Alexandria, VA, Alexandria Association, Portraits of Early Alexandrians (1956). <br>Newark, NJ, The Newark Museum, Early New Jersey Artists: 18th and 19th Centuries (7 March-19 May 1957), cat. no. 109, not illus. <br>Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, The World of Benjamin West (1962), illus. cat. no. 67, p. 83.<br>Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, The Face of Liberty: Founders of the United States (23 December 1975-8 February 1976), cat. no. 36, illus. p. 138.<br>Washington, D.C., The Library of Congress, James Madison and the Search for Nationhood (17 November 1981-31 May 1982), no cat. number, illus. p. 86; inaugural exhibition held in the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress.<br>Washington, D.C., The Library of Congress, Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building, The American Solution: Origins of the United States Constitution (14 May-17 September 1987), illus.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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