Richard Rush
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1856
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 19, Folder: 45-B
Photo of Richard Rush portrait. Richard Rush (1780-1859), lawyer and diplomat, served as United States Special Agent to prosecute a suit in the British Court of Chancery to acquire Smithson's bequest for the United States.
Rush, Richard 1780-1859
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The oil on canvas portrait was painted by Thomas Waterman Wood and is owned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 19, Folder: 45-B
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1856
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Great Britain
21419 or MAH-21419
Color: Black and White; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print