File:Polk sarah.jpg

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Artist
George Dury (1817–1894) wikidata:Q50112535
George Dury
Alternative names
Friedrich Julius George Dury; George W. Dury; Georg Dury; Friedrich Julius Georg Dury
DescriptionAmerican painter and painter
Date of birth/death15 May 1817 Edit this at Wikidata1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/deathWürzburgNashville
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q50112535
After George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894) wikidata:Q64633
After George Peter Alexander Healy
Alternative names
George Peter Alexander Healy
DescriptionAmerican portrait painter
Date of birth/death15 July 1813 Edit this at Wikidata24 June 1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/deathBostonChicago
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q64633
Object typepainting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Mrs. James K. Polk (1803-1891)
Date1883, after a painting of 1846
Mediumoil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensionsheight: 50.2 in (127.6 cm); width: 40.2 in (102.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,50.25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,40.25U218593
institution QS:P195,Q35525
NotesThe portrait was commissioned to commemorate Sarah Polk's 80th year. It was modeled after George P.A. Healy's 1846 portrait of Mrs. Polk and presented to the White House by the Ladies of Tennessee during the administration of President Chester A. Arthur (NYARC Catalog).
ReferencesThe White House. Smithsonian Catalog of American Portraits: 883.1528.1 WH
Source/Photographerhttp://www.requestaprint.net/whitehouse/itemdetail.php?work_id=108&gallery_id=3; https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/elias-polk-photo-4
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Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President J. K. Polk, by George W. Dury.tif
Portrait of Sarah Polk by George Peter Alexander Healy.jpg

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