File:Patrick Henry Rothermel.jpg
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English: Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses ( ) | |||||||
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Artist |
Peter F. Rothermel (1812–1895) |
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Title |
English: Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Painting of Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech against the Stamp Act of 1765 |
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Date |
1851 date QS:P571,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 200.6 cm (79 in); width: 154.9 cm (61 in) dimensions QS:P2048,200.66U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,154.94U174728 |
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Collection | Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial | ||||||
Accession number |
76.5.1 |
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Place of creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||||||
Object history | Commissioned as a benefit for the Philadelphia Art Union in 1851. Joined the collection of Joseph Harrison Jr. ca. 1855; auctioned after his death in 1912. Purchased by Charles L. Hamilton and owned until his death. Hamilton's heirs donated the painting to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation in April 1959. In a ceremony at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia on April 29, 1959 Governor J. Lindsay Almond accepted the Rothermel painting from the Hamilton family and presented it to James S. Easley, President of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation. It remains on display with the Foundation today. | ||||||
Exhibition history | May 1852: U.S. Capitol Rotunda; March–June 1865: Northwestern Sanitary Fair; 1912–1956: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; 1959–1976: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; 1976–present: Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial. | ||||||
Credit line | Collection of Patrick Henry's Red Hill. | ||||||
Inscriptions | P. F. Rothermel 1851 | ||||||
References | Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog, IAP 61502828 | ||||||
Source/Photographer | Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation | ||||||
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21:19, 11 October 2005 | 580 × 750 (117 KB) | Bkwillwm (talk | contribs) | From: http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/r/p-rotherm2.htm Date: 1851 Peter F. Rothermel's "Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses," A painting of Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech against the Stamp Act of 1765 |
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Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 305 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 305 dpi |
Color space | sRGB |
IIM version | 2 |
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