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Charles Willson Peale
American, 1741-1827

Portrait of William Harris Crawford, 1818
Oil on canvas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Granger Hansell, 60.49

A prominent citizen of Lexington, Georgia,
William Harris Crawford sat for this portrait
while he was Secretary of the Treasury under
President James Madison. Peale had intended
to display the painting in a national portrait
gallery in Washington, but Congress failed to
fund the project.



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