File:George Mason.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792)

Artist

Boudet, Dominic W.

After John Hesselius (1728–1778)
Alternative names	Johan Hesselius; Johann Hesselius
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	1728	9 April 1778
Location of birth	Philadelphia
Authority file	: Q5804007 VIAF: 95810647 ISNI: 0000000067919821 ULAN: 500021014 LCCN: n2004074050 RKD: 38069 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792)

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.

Date

1750

Medium

oil

Collection

Unidentified location
Location	18th-century portrait paintings of men, with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location" .

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])

Summary

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:53, 29 September 2020	772 × 900 (163 KB)	Filetime	High resolution
	23:59, 31 January 2017	816 × 1,033 (175 KB)	Jarould	high resolution
	10:48, 20 October 2006	209 × 270 (10 KB)	Nathanael G. Molineux	== Description == George Mason (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United States 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