File:Henry Knox by Peale.jpg

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Charles Willson Peale: Porträt des Henry Knox (1750-1806)  wikidata:Q123116877 reasonator:Q123116877
Artist
Charles Willson Peale  (1741–1827)  wikidata:Q454945
 
Charles Willson Peale
Description American portrait painter
Date of birth/death 15 April 1741 Edit this at Wikidata 22 February 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death St. Paul's Parish, Maryland Philadelphia
Work location
East coast of North America
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artist QS:P170,Q454945
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of Henry Knox (1750-1806)
label QS:Len,"Portrait of Henry Knox (1750-1806)"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Charles Willson Peale painted Knox's museum portrait in the spring of 1784, when Knox came to Philadelphia for the first national meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati. At that time, Major Pierre L'Enfant brought the Society members their newly cast medals from Paris. Knox wears his in the museum portrait in the upper left button hole.
Date circa 1784
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 58.4 cm (22.9 in); width: 48.2 cm (18.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,58.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,48.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q510324
Source/Photographer Picture of painting, which is owned by the city of Philadelphia.
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