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President James Knox Polk

1824 (?)

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

As his reputation grew, the prices for John Wood Dodge's work rose from $11.50 to $75.00. Largely self-taught, Dodge also practiced photography in his later years. This early portrait of the future 11th president of the United States may date to 1824, the year of Polk's marriage to Sarah Childress.

The portrait shows Polk waist-length looking slightly to the right with bushy fair hair. He wears a black coat, white vest, white shirt and high chin collar. A lock of brown hair can be found on the reverse and does not appear to be that of the sitter.

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  • Title: President James Knox Polk
  • Creator: John Wood Dodge (American, 1807-1893)
  • Date Created: 1824 (?)
  • Subject Keywords: male portraits; presidents; statesmen; James Knox Polk
  • External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
  • Roles: Painter: John Wood Dodge (American, 1807-1893)
  • Provenance: A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
  • Object Type: miniatures (paintings); portraits
  • Medium: watercolor on ivory, hair
  • Dimensions: H: 3 7/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (8.7 x 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
  • Classification: Miniatures
  • Accession Number: 38.472
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