An early 19th Century American Federal period portrait. Old label on back stretcher identifies sitter as "Gouverneur Morris / Age forty nine 1801." Gouverneur Morris was a founding father and is credited with writing the preamble to the US Constitution. Dimensions: (Frame) H 27.5" x W 23" (Painting) H 22" x W 18" Condition: Some restoration to paintings. Not relined. Frame with losses.

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