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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
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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
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