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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object name |
Painting |
Title |
Washington Inspecting First Silver Coins, 1792 |
Artist or maker |
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945) |
Date |
1916 |
Place of origin |
USA |
Physical description |
Interior of workshop with Washington, wearing a maroon wasitcoast and breeches holding spectacles to eyes, looking over the shoulder of the silvermsith while he works on the first coin of the nation. There are three other gentlemen - two behind Washington and one to the left of the worktable. Washington's proper left hand rests on a chair. |
Past exhibit |
Dunsmore: Illustrating the American Revolutionary War |
Catalogue number |
1954.02.003 |
Collection name |
Paintings and Sculpture |
Credit line |
Gift of Oscar Barck, 1954 |