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Major General Henry Knox
Artist:
Gilbert Stuart
Location:
Faneuil Hall
Location
Faneuil Hall
United States
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Neighborhood:
Downtown
Type:
Painting
Year:
Aprox 1820
Medium:
Oil on Canvas
Collection:
City of Boston
Funders:
Description:
The original Knox portrait, painted by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), was one of many paintings moved from Faneuil Hall to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1876. This was a pre-emptive measure taken to preserve the originals in the event of a fire. The copy of Stuart’s painting that hangs in Faneuil Hall today and features Knox flanked by a cannon is by an unknown artist and celebrates Knox's successes in the American Revolution.