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Morris Sheppard

Portrait painting of Morris Sheppard, three-quarter length, in suit and tie, holding a scrolled paper, seated in a dark chair, with a dark curtain behind/tiles/collection/5/5157.xml
Portrait painting of Morris Sheppard, three-quarter length, in suit and tie, holding a scrolled paper, seated in a dark chair, with a dark curtain behind
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Date

1939

Artist

Bernard Godwin

Dimensions

44 x 34 in. (111.8 x 86.4 cm) Framed: 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128.3 x 102.9 cm)

Accession Number

2002.022.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Bernard Godwin painted this portrait of Morris Sheppard after he left the House. The artist based the likeness on a photograph of Sheppard from about the time of his chairmanship of the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. A successful portrait artist, Godwin trained with his father, Maximilian Nogida, beginning at the age of five with palette-cleaning and brush-scrubbing.

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