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File:George Mason.jpg – Wikipedia
| anonymous: Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792) |
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| Artist |
Boudet, Dominic W.
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| Title |
Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792) |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792), American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He is called the “Father of the Bill of Rights”. For all of these reasons he is considered to be one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States. |
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| Depicted people | George Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes | Painted around the time of Mason’s first marriage. This is a copy of the original, which was ruined. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://web9r.durango.k12.co.us/grants/teachingamhistory/images/george_mason.jpg ([1]) | ||||||||||||||||||||
