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| Keywords: Colonel William Drayton by Morse, 1818.jpg Artwork Creator Samuel Finley Breese Morse Colonel William Drayton 1818 oil on canvas cm 122 2 97 5 White House Washington D C United States White House copy of the 1818 painting Notes by Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 Drayton posed in the formal yet asymmetrical grand manner style borrowed from English portraiture is seated among accessories carefully chosen to heighten his dignity The diagonally flowing red drapery that sweeps downward behind him and covers the table lends drama to the work The subject's impassive head is silhouetted against a neutral wall that gives way to a view of an intensely blue sky with pink-and-white clouds Drayton was to serve in Congress from 1825 to 1833 during the heated debates over John C Calhoun's nullification doctrine The White House Historical Association Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 231 PD-old-100 contrast fix DEFAULTSORT Drayton William 1776 births 1846 deaths Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Paintings in the White House Paintings by Samuel Finley Breese Morse Sitting people Drayton family | ||||
