On view
American Art
Wilmerding Pavilion
Philip & Nancy Anschutz Gallery
Wilmerding Pavilion
Philip & Nancy Anschutz Gallery
George Washington
Charles Peale Polk, 1767–1822; born Annapolis, MD; died Warsaw, VA
Person depicted: George Washington, 1732–1799; born Westmoreland County, VA; died Mount Vernon, VA
Person depicted: George Washington, 1732–1799; born Westmoreland County, VA; died Mount Vernon, VA
y1983-27
Information
Title
George Washington
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
85 × 66.5 × 5.1 cm (33 7/16 × 26 3/16 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Constance Earle, in memory of her husband, Marion Eppley, Class of 1906
Object Number
y1983-27
Place Made
North America, United States
Marks/Labels/Seals
Culture
Type
[Ferargil Galleries, New York (NY), by 1936 [1]]. Acquired by Marion Eppley (1883-1960) and his wife Ethelberta Pyne Russell (d. 1952); inherited by Eppley’s second wife, Constance Rivington Russell Earle (1899-1983) [2]; bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1983. [1] In December 1936, Ferargil Galleries lent the painting to the “Exhibition of American Portraiture 1750-1850” at the RISD Museum. See also the labels of the Ferargil Galleries once pasted to the back of the painting. [2] Constance was also the sister of Eppley’s first wife, Ethelberta. After Eppley’s death, Constance married Walter Key Earle.
