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George Peter Alexander Healy  (1813–1894)  wikidata:Q64633
 
George Peter Alexander Healy
Alternative names
George Peter Alexander Healy
Description American portrait painter
Date of birth/death 15 July 1813 Edit this at Wikidata 24 June 1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston Chicago
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Paris; Rome; Chicago; Boston; Washington, D.C. Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q64633
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Object number: L/NPG.41.2006
Exhibition Label: Eleventh president, 1845–1849

The life and career of James K. Polk reflected the country’s westward shift. His path followed the frontier as he moved from his birthplace in North Carolina to Tennessee. Polk, like most Americans in the nineteenth century, favored westward expansion and believed that settlers were destined to move across North America. As president, he acquired more than a million square miles of territory for the United States, in part by fomenting the Mexican-American War. As one of the most consequential presidents in American history, the vast expansion of territory opened up the question of slavery’s future, an issue that sparked conflict during the period leading up to the Civil War. Driven and determined, Polk took office with a limited agenda, accomplished all of it, and left office, as he planned, after only one term.
Date January–February 1846
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Stretcher: 77.5 × 64.8 × 2.2cm (30 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 7/8")
Frame: 100.3 x 87 x 10.2cm (39 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 4")
institution QS:P195,Q1967614
Source/Photographer National Portrait Gallery
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