William Augustus Atlee (1735-1793), (painting).

William Augustus Atlee (1735-1793), (painting).

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939, painter.

William Augustus Atlee (1735-1793), (painting).

27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm).

Portrait male -- Atlee, William Augustus

Occupation -- Law -- Justice

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Located Independence National Historical Park, 313 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Accession Number: 13.011

Acquired from Rosenthal, Albert, ca. 1903.

William Augustus Atlee was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1777-1791. The painting is a copy after a wax relief portrait, then owned by Dr. Walter Franklin Atlee of Philadelphia, and subsequently owned by Walter Atlee of Washington, DC, but destroyed by fire ca. 1927.

Independence National Historical Park, 1972, 1988.

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