General North
Summary
: K1037
: Fine Art
: drawing/watercolour
: General North
: SHARPLES, James Senior
: a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait of General William North (1755-1836), army officer and US politician; he entered the continental (revolutionary) army in 1775 and became a Second Lieutenant the following year, after which he rose through the ranks; he left active service in 1787 and settled in Duanesburg, near Schenectady, New York, where he embarked on a political career; in 1798 he was appointed Adjutant General of the army, a position he held for two years and one that carried the rank of Brigadier General
Current Location
: [Book] Knox, Katharine M. 1930. The Sharples: their Portraits of George Washington and his Contemporaries. 1. 134.: [Book] Quick, Richard. 1910. Catalogue of the Sharples Collection of Pastel Portraits and Oil Paintings. 1. 32.
: Purchased, 1931