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Stephen Decatur

Charles Bird King, 26 Sep 1785 - 18 Mar 1862

William Decatur Parsons, New York [d. 1930], great-nephew of sitter [as by Gilbert Stuart]; bequest to “National Gallery” [NCFA]; transferred to NPG 1987

Date

c. 1820

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

NPG

Institution

National Portrait Gallery

Object number

npg_NPG.87.26

Credit

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; bequest of William Decatur Parsons, 1930