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Painting 1939-345
Painting: "Governor's Palace"
Painting 1939-345

Painting: "Governor's Palace"

Date1936
Artist/Maker Charles R. Sheeler Jr. (1883-1965)
OriginAmerica, Virginia, Williamsburg
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 28 1/4" x 30 1/2" (68.76. cm. x 63.75. cm.) Unframed: 21 1/2" X 23 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Object number1939-345
DescriptionView of southern elevation of Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, from point southwest of central entrance gates. Brick building and courtyard wall. No people present. Painted shortly after reconstruction of the Palace. Reframed in handmade 18th century reproduction frame in 1962.
MarkingsSigned lower right "Sheeler, 1936"
ProvenanceAcquired by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (Mrs. John D. Jr.) from Edith Gregor Halpert, Downtown Gallery, New York on April 9, 1936. Given to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation December 22, 1939.