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File Name	shades3/shades_polk_0002.jpg
Creator	Healy, George P.A.
Title	Portrait of President James K. Polk
Alternate Title	James Knox Polk
Date	ca. 1845
Genre	Paintings
Material/Technique	Oil on canvas
Description	Bust length portrait of Polk facing to his right wearing a white shirt with black cravat and visible white shirt front.
Historical note	George Peter Alexander Healy, 1813-1894, painted this pair of portraits while President Polk was in office. The paintings along with furnishings used by the Polks at the White House and later at Polk Place were donated to the ancestral home of James K. Polk by Mrs. Polk's niece.
Subject	Polk, James K.--(James Knox),--1795-1849--Portraits
Theme	Holding Fast to Beauty
Story	Sarah Childress Polk
Geographic Location	United States--Washington, D.C.
Time period	1840-1849
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact James K. Polk Ancestral Home.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpg
Contributing Institution	James K. Polk Ancestral Home
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,53
Archival file	shades3/shades_polk_0002.jpg