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Portrait of Lafayette
Portrait of Lafayette

Portrait of Lafayette

Artist David Johnson American, 1827–1908
Date1854
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/2 x 25 in. (77.5 x 63.5 cm)
Frame: 43 1/2 x 38 in. (110.5 x 96.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.28.2.15
On View
Not on view
Provenance**Created United States, 1854; collection of the artist. Robert Fulenwider Phifer (1849–1928), New York and Concord, NC; bequeathed to the NC State Art Society, Raleigh, NC, 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961.Published ReferencesRobert F. Phifer Collection (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), listed 94.
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