Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Luce Center
John Qunicy Adams (1767-1848)
Object Number:
1955.61
Date:
ca. 1845-1850
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 7/8 x 25 in. ( 75.9 x 63.5 cm )
Gallery Label:
King Louis Phillipe of France requested that Healy paint this portrait of John Quincy Adams for his gallery at Versailles. However, the Society owns a replica that was also painted by Healy.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry G. Friedman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
