# Thomas Alva Edison, in Abraham Archibald Anderson's contemporaries

Abraham Archibald Anderson painted this in 1890, aged 43. It is now at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Born Milan, Ohio

_Text from the National Portrait Gallery._

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## The work

- Date: 1890
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Stretcher: 114.3 x 138.7 x 2.5cm (45 x 54 5/8 x 1")
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.65.23
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Abraham Archibald Anderson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/abraham-archibald-anderson), 1847–1940

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