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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
James Wilkinson, 24 Mar 1757 - 28 Dec 1825
Date
c. 1820
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 74.9 x 62.2cm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2")
Frame: 91.4 x 77.5 x 7.6cm (36 x 30 1/2 x 3")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
James Wilkinson: Male
James Wilkinson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
James Wilkinson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
James Wilkinson: Politics and Government\Governor\Territorial Governor\Louisiana
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.75.15
Provenance
James Wilkinson [descendant]; his wife Leila Wilkinson, Charleston; His nephew W.L.D. Johnson, Charleston; (John L. Petty, Jr., Heritage Galleries of Fine Arts, Inc., Taylors, S.C.); purchased 1975 NPG
Letters from John L. Petty, dealer; Charles C. Lucas, Charlotte, N.C., nephew of Mrs. Leila Wilkinson, April 1968.
