Painting [realia] : William Henry Harrison. 1841.

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Painting [realia] : William Henry Harrison. 1841.

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Oil-on-ivory miniature portrait depicts President William Henry Harrison. It was painted from life in 1841 and is probably the last image of him created before his death. The portrait has a gold mount with a pin on the back. The work is engraved on the back: "Painted from life by Jas. Gorman Cinti 1841 for Geo. Selves, Esq."

1 item : white, black, green, gold ; 3.2 cm x 3.8 cm x .6 cm.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7116085

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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Epithet: of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00030c American Indian fighter and president of the United States. From the guide to the William Henry Harrison letter, 1795, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) U.S president, Mar.-Apr. 1841; territorial governor of Indiana, 1801-1813; Ohio congressman, 1816-1819, state senator, 1819-1821, senator 1825-1828. From ...

Gorman, James O.

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James O. Gorman painted the ivory miniature of William Henry Harrison in Cincinnati, Ohio. Gorman exhibited six untitled miniature portraits at the Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge and three at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts. The artist's work in Cincinnati dates from 1838-1843. William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was born in Virginia. He joined the army and served as aide-de-camp to "Mad" Anthony Wayne during the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794). After r...