Eliphalet Terry

c. 1824

Samuel F. B. Morse

Artist, American, 1791 - 1872

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Charles Terry Butler

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.7 x 63.2 cm (29 13/16 x 24 7/8 in.)
    framed: 104.1 x 88.9 x 7.9 cm (41 x 35 x 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.46.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter's daughter, Mrs. Charles Collins [née Mart Hall Terry]; her daughter, Mrs. William Allen Butler [née Louise Terry Collins]; her son, Dr. Charles Terry Butler, Chappaqua, New York; gift 1981 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Wehle, Harry B. Samuel F. B. Morse, American Painter: A Study Occasioned by an Exhibition of His Paintings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1932: 43.

1954

  • Larkin, Oliver W. Samuel F. B. Morse and American Democratic Art. Boston, 1954: 77.

1988

  • Kloss, William. Samuel F. B. Morse. New York, 1988: 91.

1989

  • Staiti, Paul J. Samuel F. B. Morse. New York, 1989: 113, fig. 71.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 15, 17-18, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20184913

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