Object Details
Artist
Chester Harding, 1 Sep 1792 - 10 Apr 1866
Sitter
James Monroe, 28 Apr 1758 - 4 Jul 1831
Provenance
Angeline Pickering Kneeland [Mrs. Henry Timothy Kneeland], New York; her daughters Edith Kneeland [d. 1964] and Vida Kneeland Pell [d. 1967], New York; her son Williamson Pell, Jr.; his widow Mrs. Williamson Pell, Jr.; sold in the mid-1970s by (Parke-Bernet 84) as unidentified subject; (Schillay & Rehs, New York); (Whitehall Antiques, Chapel Hill, N.C.); purchased 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sanders
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John L. and Ann Beal Sanders in honor of their children, Tracy Elizabeth Sanders Justus, Jane Nesbit Sanders, and William Hardy Sanders
Date
1829
Object number
NPG.2005.44
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 76.2 x 63.5 x 2.5cm (30 x 25 x 1")
Frame: 90.2 x 77.2 x 7cm (35 1/2 x 30 3/8 x 2 3/4")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Costume\Outerwear\Coat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Cravat
James Monroe: Male
James Monroe: Law and Crime\Lawyer
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Virginia
James Monroe: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\Congressman\Continental congressman
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of War
James Monroe: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
James Monroe: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
James Monroe: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Virginia
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_NPG.2005.44