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Joseph Wright  (1756–1793)  wikidata:Q6288081
 
Description American portrait painter
Date of birth/death 16 July 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 13 September 1793 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bordentown Philadelphia
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artist QS:P170,Q6288081
Formerly attributed to Matthew Pratt  (1734–1805)  wikidata:Q6791089
 
Formerly attributed to Matthew Pratt
Description American portrait painter
Date of birth/death 23 September 1734 Edit this at Wikidata 9 January 1805 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Philadelphia Philadelphia
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Charles Thomson (1729-1824), Secretary of the Continental Congress and one of the main designers of the Great Seal of the United States.
Date circa 1783
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
[2]
Medium oil
medium QS:P186,Q296955
Harriton House Museum, Bryn Mawr, PA (copy of version at Tudor Place Historic House & Garden, Georgetown, Washington DC.)
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Extracted from PDF version of Creating the Great Seal poster, part of a U.S. Diplomacy Center (State Department) exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [3] (18MB)

Courtesy of the Harriton Association, Bryn Mawr, PA
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The U.S. Diplomacy Center exhibition page states All materials in this exhibition are in the public domain and can be reproduced without permission. Citation of this source is appreciated.
Other versions http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/history/zeal.htm (also portrait of Thomson's wife)

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