File:RobertAndGouverneurMorris.jpg
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Charles Willson Peale: Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q454945 |
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Title |
Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris label QS:Len,"Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Continental Congressmen Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris (no relation). This double portrait, commissioned by Robert Morris, honors his collaboration with Gouverneur Morris in establishing financial security for the new nation. As Superintendent of Finance during the Revolutionary War, Robert Morris restored the national credit with his personal fortune and helped to found the Bank of North America. In later years, financial problems led to his imprisonment for bankruptcy. Gouverneur Morris, a lawyer, went on to serve as Minister to France, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. |
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Date |
1783 date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1952033
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Accession number |
1969.20.1 (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) |
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Place of creation | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://www.pafa.org/collection/gouverneur-morris-and-robert-morris | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.pafa.org/collection/gouverneur-morris-and-robert-morris | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Robert Morris
- Gouverneur Morris
- Male portrait paintings by Charles Willson Peale
- Portrait paintings in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Robert Morris by Charles Willson Peale
- 1780s portrait paintings from the United States (male)
- 1783 portrait paintings of men
- 1783 in Pennsylvania
- Paintings of people with quills
- Inkstands
- Double portrait paintings
- Paper sheets in portrait paintings
- Brown clothing in art, male
- People of the United States in 1783
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