File:Wright Catharine Muhlenberg c.1790.jpg
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Summary
Joseph Wright: Portrait of Catharine Schaeffer Muhlenberg (1750-1835)
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| Artist |
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| Title |
Portrait of Catharine Schaeffer Muhlenberg (1750-1835) |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Catharine Schaeffer Muhlenberg was the wife of Frederick Muhlenberg, Congressman from Pennsylvania, and the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The portrait was published in Henrietta Meier Oakley and J. C. Schwab, The Muhlenberg Album, (New Haven, CT: Tuttle Press, 1910).[1] |
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| Date | circa 1790 | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 124.5 cm (49 in); width: 96 cm (37.7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
On long-term loan to The Speaker's House Museum, Trappe, Pennsylvania. |
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| Source/Photographer | Lisa Minardi, "Rediscovering the Muhlenberg Family," Antiques & Fine Arts, volume 17, number 2 (Summer 2018), page 111, Gavin Ashworth, photographer.[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Other versions |
 This is the pendant portrait to Joseph Wright's 1790 portrait of Frederick Muhlenberg, now at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
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| current | 22:04, 23 April 2018 | | 1,140 × 1,505 (217 KB) | BoringHistoryGuy | {{Artwork |artist ='''Joseph Wright''' (1756-1793) [https://www.incollect.com/articles/rediscovering-the-muhlenberg-family] |title =''{{Portrait of|Catharine Schaeffer Muhlenberg (1750-1835)}} |description=Catharine Schaeffer Muhlenberg was the wife of Frederick Muhlenberg, the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. |date ={{otherdate|c|1790}} |medium ={{Technique|oil}} |dimensions =49 x 37-3/4 inches |institution= |location = On long-term loan to The Speak... |
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