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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
Benjamin Tappan

Benjamin Tappan, Washington Blanchard, c. 1839

WWashington BlanchardAmerican, 1808–1855

Benjamin Tappan

c. 1839 · Painting

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since: Oct 5, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

c. 1839

18081855

Accession number: NPG.98.78

What it shows

Legislators Government Man Senators Portrait Public officers Law and Crime Lawyers

In the catalog

Paintings Watercolour American painting Romanticism 19th century

Sources

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian): the museum's own open data · fetched 18 hours ago
Image: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian) — National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (CC0)

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