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| 2251 |
| Portrait of Charles Thomson |
| FES Title: | Maker Copy of Portrait- Chas Thompson– | |
| Alternate Titles: | Charles Thomson (1985, 2007) | |
| Date: | 02/03/1940 | |
| Size: | 25.5″H x 20″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | portrait | |
| Published: | University of Delaware and John M. Clayton. A Catalog of the Permanent Collection, University of Delaware. Newark: The University of Delaware, 1985: 81
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| Inscription: | [none visible as matted] | |
| Annotations: | label on frame: Charles Thomson / Secretary of Continental Congress / 1774-1889 [1779] / Secretary of Board of Trustees / 1769-1783 en verso label: CW Peale’s portrait of / Chas. Thomson 20″x25″ / National Museum Collection Independence Hall / copiest Frank E Schoonover / Date approved Feb 1 1940 / Signed HT Carpenter Curator Independence Hall |
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| Exhibitions: | 1985 UD; 2007 UD | |
| Comments: | oval matt; NT – UofD 2/01; form 2/9/04; index | |
| Commentary: | Research for this portrait was completed by the artist in early 1940 at Independance Hall in Philadelphia where he worked in the west wing throughout January and into early February, finishing on February 3rd. | |
| Provenance: | Commissioned by the Permanent Collection of the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Rodney Sharp (1940) | |
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