George Washington (?)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This miniature may depict George Washington. Unusually for a miniature this portrait is painted on wood. When it entered the Fink collection it was attributed to James Peale, and was purchased from one of the artist's descendents.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Joseph Peale, before 1914, by inheritance; Ernest Lee Parker, 1932 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1932; Erskine Hewitt, 1938 [mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
Exhibitions
2004 | Revolution! Documents from the American War of Independence. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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2/23/1965 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H excluding frame: 3 1/8 x W: 4 in. (7.94 x 10.16 cm); Framed H: 3 7/8 x W: 3 3/4 in. (9.84 x 9.53 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.586