File:James Buchanan, by George Peter Alexander Healy.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	George Peter Alexander Healy
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	15 July 1818	24 June 1894
Location of birth/death	Boston	Chicago
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Portrait of James Buchanan, serving (1857-1861) as 15th President of the United States

Date

1859

Current location

Smithonian National Portrait Gallery

Source/Photographer

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Image title	James Buchanan (1791 - 1868) oil on canvas 155.9 x 119.7cm 1859
Author	George Peter Alexander Healy
Copyright holder	http://npgportraits.si.edu/eMuseumNPG/code/emuseum.asp?rawsearch=ObjectID/,/is/,/54525/,/false/,/false&newprofile=CAP&newstyle=single
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	65 dpi
Vertical resolution	65 dpi
Software used	GIMP 2.6.12
File change date and time	12:45, 28 April 2012
Colour space	sRGB
Image height	3,032 px
Image width	3,991 px
Date and time of digitizing	14:44, 28 April 2012
Date metadata was last modified	14:44, 28 April 2012

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