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| Keywords: Jm5 140x190.jpg Cropped to 140 190 aspect ratio for use in collages Melesse Jm5 gif Painting Creator Samuel Finley Breese Morse Portrait of male otherdate c 1819 Oil on canvas cm 75 2 62 6 Institution White House White House copy of the 1819 paintingKloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 President James Monroe looks like a man in early middle age although he was 61 when Morse painted him The genesis of this portrait was a commission for a full-length portrait from the City of Charleston South Carolina In anticipation of Monroe's visit to Charleston the first presidential visit to that city since that of Washington the Common Council on March 1 1819 resolved to 'solicit James Monroe to permit a full-length likeness to be taken i e painted for the City of Charleston ' The bust-like portrait was finished on December 18 The White House painting is assumed to be the replica for Monroe's daughter Morse took the life portrait with him to Charleston where he produced a full-length portrait for the city The White House Historical Association other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 113 <gallery> Barack Obama return in the Green Room seen from the Blue Room jpg James Monroe White House portrait 1819 gif Jamesmonroe jpg James Monroe- jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 contrast fix DEFAULTSORT 1819c; James Monroe James Monroe by Samuel Finley Breese Morse 1819 oil on canvas paintings in the United States 1819 portrait paintings Male 18th-century oil portraits of men at bust length 18th-century portrait paintings in the United States Portrait paintings with neutral background Three-quarter view portrait paintings of men facing right | ||||
