Joseph Gurney Cannon

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Date

1912

Artist

William Thomas Smedley

Dimensions

54 3/4 x 36 in. (139.1 x 91.4 cm) Framed: 61 1/2 x 42 in. (156.2 x 106.7 cm)

Accession Number

2005.016.035

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In Charles Fairman’s Art and Artists of the Capitol (1926), Speaker Joseph Cannon’s portrait is described as a "thoroughly attractive” work, combining good technique with a convincing likeness of the sitter. William T. Smedley, who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, had a successful early career as an illustrator, which segued to portrait commissions by the turn of the 20th century.

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