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James Madison, Jr.

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Date

2002

Artist

Bradley Stevens (after Charles Willson Peale)

Dimensions

24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Framed: 34 x 30 1/16 in. (86.4 x 76.4 cm)

Accession Number

2002.048.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Unveiled in 2003, Bradley Stevens’ portrait of James Madison replaced the House’s Gilbert Stuart portrait of the Founding Father and important early Representative that was destroyed in an 1851 fire. This portrait, painted after a work by Charles Willson Peale, was unveiled at the same time as the replacement John Quincy Adams portrait.

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