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Artist



Description	American painter and inventor
Date of birth/death	27 April 1791	2 April 1872
Location of birth/death	Charlestown (Massachusetts)	New York City
Work location	New York City
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Portrait of James Monroe

Date

circa 1819

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

75.2 × 62.6 cm (29.6 × 24.6 in)

Current location

White House

	Native name	White House
	Location	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia United States
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 51.61″ N, 77° 2′ 11.58″ W
	Established	1792
	Website	whitehouse.gov

Notes

White House copy of the 1819 paintingKloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008:". . . President James Monroe looks like a man in early middle age, although he was 61 when Morse painted him. . . ."The genesis of this portrait was a commission for a full-length portrait from the City of Charleston, South Carolina. . . . In anticipation of [Monroe's visit to Charleston,] the first presidential visit [to that city] since that of Washington, the Common Council on March 1, 1819, resolved to "'solicit James Monroe . . . to permit a full-length likeness to be taken [i.e., painted] for the City of Charleston . . . .'"The bust-like portrait was finished on December 18. . . . "The White House painting is assumed to be the replica for [Monroe's] daughter . . . . Morse took the life portrait with him to Charleston where he produced a full-length portrait for the city . . . ."

Source/Photographer

The White House Historical Association

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