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Francis Scott Key

National Portrait Gallery

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Artist
Rembrandt Peale, 22 Feb 1778 - 3 Oct 1860
Sitter
Francis Scott Key, 1779 - 1843
Provenance
The sitter; Mary Alicia Lloyd Nevins Key Pendleton, his daughter, Jane Francis Pendleton Brice (Mrs. Arthur Tilghman Brice, d. 1950), her daughter; Colonel Arthur Tilghman Brice II, 1892-1973, her son; Alice Key Pendleton Brice Joline (Mrs. John Forsyth Joline, Jr., d. 1983), his sister; Laurence Turnbull Joline, her son; Dorothy Doe Joline, Long Island, New York, his wife and the present owner
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; funded with support from the Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Chapter I - Baltimore, Maryland, The Colonial Dames of America, the Elizabeth Welsh Young Legacy Fund
c. 1796
Object number
NPG.2016.22
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 85.7 × 76.2 cm (33 3/4 × 30")
Stretcher: 74 × 63.8 × 3 cm (29 1/8 × 25 1/8 × 1 3/16")
Place
United States\Maryland\Anne Arundel\Annapolis
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition
American Origins
On View
NPG, East Gallery 142
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Interior
Francis Scott Key: Male
Francis Scott Key: Literature\Writer
Francis Scott Key: Politics and Government\Patriot
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.2016.22
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43addb362-1cc6-402f-930e-2c94fd097fe9

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