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George Hay (1765-1830), (painting). Artist:  Thompson, Cephas, 1775-1856, painter. Title:  George Hay (1765-1830), (painting). Dates:  1809-1810. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  37 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Portrait of George Hay (1765-1830), son-in-law of President James Monroe. Hay was a leader of the Virginia Democratic- Republicans, a political advisor to Monroe, and Federal Prosecutor during Aaron Burr's 1807 treason trial. He was a Richmond lawyer who also served as U.S. Attoney and as a federal judge in Virginia. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hay, George -- Bust Occupation -- Political Occupation -- Law -- Judge Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Ash Lawn-Highland, James Monroe Parkway, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Byron, Barbara, Mrs., Orchard Park, New York Remarks:  Source reports that George Hay married Eliza, the elder of James Monroe's two daughters, in September 1808 in a ceremony at the Monroe's "Highland" plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. The portrait was painted in the winter of 1809-1810. References:  Ash Lawn-Highland, 1993. Sisum, Deborah L., "A Most Favorable and Striking Resemblance: The Virginia Portraits of Cephas Thompson," Winston-Salem, NC: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1997, no. 133. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 54560001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 54560001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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