Portrait of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891), wife of US Pres. James K. Polk, oil on canvas by George Dury, 1883, after an original painting by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1846.
White House, Washington, D.C.
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Healy, G. D. a. . G. P. A. (2025, July 04). Sarah Childress Polk. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20657/sarah-childress-polk/
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Healy, George Dury after George Peter Alexander. "Sarah Childress Polk." World History Encyclopedia, July 04, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20657/sarah-childress-polk/.
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Healy, George Dury after George Peter Alexander. "Sarah Childress Polk." World History Encyclopedia, 04 Jul 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20657/sarah-childress-polk/.
