Thomas W. Dyott

c. 1836

John Neagle

Associated Names
John Neagle

Artist, American, 1796 - 1865

The image shows an older man with a composed expression and grey hair wearing circular spectacles, a dark coat, and a cravat tied around his neck. He is facing slightly to the right and looking towards the viewer. The background is dark and unobtrusive.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.5 x 63.5 cm (29 3/4 x 25 in.)
    framed: 97.8 x 85.1 x 7.6 cm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.17.78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ferdinand J. Dreer [1812-1902], Philadelphia; (his estate sale, Stan. V. Henkels, Philadelphia, 6 June 1913, no. 93, as Dr. F. W. Dyott by Nagle [sic]); Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1922

  • Exhibition of Portraits by Early American Artists, The Union League Club, New York, March 1922, no. 23.

1925

  • Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925, no. 122.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue.

1969

  • Inaugural Exhibition: American Portraits, The Art Museum, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1969, no cat.

Bibliography

1925

  • Fielding, Mantle. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle. Exh. cat. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925: 149.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 84, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 201, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 394, no. 564, color repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 239, repro.

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: 27-30, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20186139

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