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Catharine Macaulay

1775
oil on canvas
29 1/4 in. x 24 1/2 in. (743 mm x 622 mm)

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

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Catharine Macaulay (1)

1775
oil on canvas
54 in. x 41 1/4 in. (1372 mm x 1048 mm)

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

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Charles Greenbury Griffith, Col

1785
Oil
29 x 23 in. (cm. 73.7 x 58.4)

Private collection: Mr.& Mrs. Summerfield Roberts

Dallas, TX

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Congress Voting The Declaration Of Independence

engraving
no dimensions avaliable

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

notes
Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson, handing a document to John Hancock, president of the Congress. Seated in the front from left to right are Samuel Adams, Robert Morris,...
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David Garrick

1775
oil on canvas
35 in. x 28 in. (889 mm x 711 mm)

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

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General William Smallwood

1785/1788
oil on canvas
overall: 73.8 x 61.1 cm (29 1/16 x 24 1/16 in.) framed: 93 x 80.7 x 10.2 cm (36 5/8 x 31 3/4 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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George Read

1784
oil on canvas
91.5cm x 73.5cm (36" x 28 15/16")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

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George Washington

1785
oil on canvas
35 3/4 x 28 1/4 in.

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

notes
Description: Portrait of George Washington wearing his military uniform and standing in a landscape, his body turned to the left, his head turned to the left, and his gaze directed off to the left. In his raised right hand he holds a walking stick.
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James Duane

ca. 1784
oil on canvas
36 x 26 3/4 in. ( 91.4 x 67.9 cm )

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

notes
James Duane was the son of Anthony Duane and Althea (Keteltas) Duane. He was a member of the Continental Congress and of the New York Senate, and was appointed first federal judge of the District of New York (1789-94) by George Washington. From 1784 to 1789 he was the first Federalist mayor of New York. John Trumbull used this painting as a model for...
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John Wilkes Mp

1768
Unknown
127cm (h) x 101.6cm (w)

United Kingdom Parliament

London, UK

notes
John Wilkes was a vociferous advocate of Parliamentary reform. He was expelled from the House of Commons and imprisoned, and as a result became a popular psyche a defender of freedom against tyranny of ministers and-by association-the Monarchy.
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