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Eliphalet Frazer Andrews: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (Mrs. George Washington)  wikidata:Q28782526 reasonator:Q28782526
Artist
Eliphalet Frazer Andrews  (1835–1915)  wikidata:Q5361285
 
Eliphalet Frazer Andrews
Alternative names
Eliphalet Fraser Andrews; Eliphalet F. Andrews
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 8 June 1835 Edit this at Wikidata 15 March 1915 / 19 March 1915 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Steubenville Edit this at Wikidata Washington
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artist QS:P170,Q5361285
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (Mrs. George Washington)
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
This posthumous portrait (1878) was based on a Gilbert Stuart original portrait of Lady Washington that was simply of the head and bust. The furnishings and dress are anachronistic. Andrews was the director of the Corcoran School of Art. It was displayed at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, and now hangs in the northeast corner of the East Room in the White House. 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W / 38.897722°N 77.03627°W / 38.897722; -77.03627
Depicted people Martha Washington Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1878
date QS:P571,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 2,443.2 mm (96.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 1,520.9 mm (59.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+2443.226U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+1520.952U174789
institution QS:P195,Q35525
Current location
East Room
Accession number
1878.1289.1 (White House) Edit this at Wikidata
References Google Arts & Culture asset ID: fwHHV4UKQMwVcQ Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/art/images/mw1p-3.jpg
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PD Art Old (painting), PD U.S. Gov't (digital image)

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current02:36, 27 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 02:36, 27 January 20131,858 × 3,000 (2.35 MB)Futurist110Larger image.
04:05, 5 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 04:05, 5 February 2010273 × 442 (66 KB)The Man in Questionmore accurate
20:08, 21 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:08, 21 June 2006300 × 500 (12 KB)Eoghanacht{{Information |Description= Portrait painting entitled ''Martha Dandridge Custis Washington'' (wife of George Washington) by {{w|Eliphalet Frazer Andrews}} (1835-1915). This posthumous portrait (1878) was based on a {{w|Gilbert St

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