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Portrait of George Washington Reed

Maker Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778 - 1860)

Collections

American Paintings Selections

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm.) frame: 35 1/4 x 30 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (89.5 x 76.8 x 5.7 cm.)

InscribedOn verso: Inscription from tombstone / Spanishtown, Jamaica / In memory of George Washington Reed. / Master Commandant in the Navy of the / United States. / Born at Philadelphia May 26th 1780. / Captured in the US. Brig of War Viscen [illegible] / under his command by HRM Frigate / Southampton. / He died a prisoner of war at Kingston Jamaica / Jan. 4 1813 / Unwilling to forsake his companions in captivity / he declined a proffered parole and sunk / under a tropical fever. This stone is in / scribed by the hand of affection as a / memorial of his virtues and records / the gratitude of his friends for the kind / offices which the season of his sick / ness and hour of death, he received at / the hands of a generous fee. / Portrait painted by Rembrandt Peale before / he sailed.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation

Status

On view

Object number2015.17.18