Sarah Childress Polk

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Object Details

Artist

Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888

Copy after

John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857

Sitter

Sarah Childress Polk, 4 Sep 1803 - 14 Aug 1891

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family

Date

1846

Object number

NPG.2018.114

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16")

Sheet: 35.5 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 1/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Brooch

Symbols & Motifs\Star

Sarah Childress Polk: Female

Sarah Childress Polk: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f08bbda6-8554-4aac-b3b5-5424e55ea54f

Record ID

npg_NPG.2018.114