Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
A portrait of George Washington Pierce (1805-1835), a native of Baldwin and a Portland lawyer.
Pierce, the youngest child of Josiah and Phebe Pierce, was an 1825 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bowdoin College and prominent in Democratic politics.
He was married to Anne Longfellow of Portland, sister of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About This Item
- Title: George Washington Pierce portrait, ca. 1830
- Creation Date: circa 1830
- Subject Date: circa 1830
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 27.9 cm x 33 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Paintings
- Pierce family
- Longfellow family
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Family
- Pierce, G.W. (George W.)--Portraits
- Lawyers--Maine--Portland
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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