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George Miller

Portrait painting of George Miller, three-quarter length, smiling, in tan pants, a denim shirt with cuffed sleeves, and eyeglasses, seated on a rock, with a waterfall, cliffs, and a blue sky with clouds in the background/tiles/collection/6/6605.xml
Portrait painting of George Miller, three-quarter length, smiling, in tan pants, a denim shirt with cuffed sleeves, and eyeglasses, seated on a rock, with a waterfall, cliffs, and a blue sky with clouds in the background
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Date

2000

Artist

Paul Leveille

Dimensions

50 x 45 in. (127 x 114.3 cm) Framed: 55 1/4 x 50 1/4 in. (140.3 x 127.6 cm)

Accession Number

2002.015.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

George Miller chaired the Natural Resources Committee for four years, and his portrait was the first to depict aspects of the committee’s jurisdiction. Miller, a Californian with an interest in western water resources, chose to include Yosemite Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in the world, in his portrait. Like many a visitor before him, Miller sits in shirtsleeves on a low wall in Yosemite National Park, with the upper falls in the background.

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