The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  Thomas Shields, Alexandria, VA (c. 1815, by descent to Mr. Shield's daughter); by descent to George L. McKean, Chicago (Shields' grandson); to his widow, Blanche F. McKean, Chicago
• Citations
  L. P. “Joseph Wright’s Portrait of Washington.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 6/7 (June/July 1921): 90–92. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 90-92 www.jstor.org

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 527 archive.org

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 161 archive.org

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 161 archive.org

  Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, The Face of Liberty: Founders of the United States (23 December 1975-8 February 1976), cat. no. 36, illus. p. 138

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 199 archive.org

  Cleveland Museum of Art. Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland], 1945. Reproduced: p. 16 archive.org
• Exhibition History
  Washington, D.C., The Library of Congress, Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building, The American Solution: Origins of the United States Constitution (14 May-17 September 1987), illus.

  Washington, D.C., The Library of Congress, James Madison and the Search for Nationhood (17 November 1981-31 May 1982), no cat. number, illus. p. 86; inaugural exhibition held in the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress.

  The Face of Liberty. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (December 23, 1975-February 8, 1976).

  Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, The World of Benjamin West (1962), illus. cat. no. 67, p. 83.

  Newark, NJ, The Newark Museum, Early New Jersey Artists: 18th and 19th Centuries (7 March-19 May 1957), cat. no. 109, not illus.

  Alexandria, VA, Alexandria Association, Portraits of Early Alexandrians (1956).

  The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

  Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Survey of American Painting (October 1940-??), cat. no. 60, repr. on front cover.

  Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Trois Siécles d'Art aux États-Unis (May-July 1938), cat. no. 185, not illus. exhibition in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

  The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

  Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Washington Bicentennial Historical Loan Exhibition of Portraits of George Washington and His Associates (5 March-24 November 1932), cat. no. 52, pp. 27-28, not illus.

  Richmond, VA, Virginia House, Historical Portraits, 1585-183- (1929), no.17.

  Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits (1893).

  New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Washington Centennial (Opened April 17, 1889).

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits (1886).

  Washington, D.C., United States National Museum (1884).

  Philadelphia, Centennial Exposition (1876)
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