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Charles Peale Polk
Thomas Corcoran, 1802-810
Mrs. Thomas Corcoran (Hannah Lemmon), 1802-1810
Thomas Corcoran and Hannah Lemmon were the parents of William Wilson Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Having emigrated from Ireland in 1783, Thomas worked as a tanner and lived in Georgetown with his second wife, Hannah. By his death in 1830, he had served four terms as mayor of Georgetown and helped found St. John's Episcopal Church as well as Columbian College, now The George Washington University. Polk's portraits show careful attention to detail; the Corcorans turn slightly toward one another and are framed by the fringed green curtain in the background. |