Textile Merchant, c. 1840

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 86.3 x 66 cm (34 x 26 in.)

framed: 105.4 x 85.7 x 5 cm (41 1/2 x 33 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.81

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

at top of paper: Darien

Provenance

Recorded as from Darien, Connecticut. Purchased in Binghamton, New York, by (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York),[1] by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

[1] Thurston Thacher added to the provenance: "The portrait was purchased in Binghamton, N.Y. and found at Norwich, N.Y. The owners were related to the subject in the portrait but not directly in line and did not know much about it except that it came from Darien, Conn." (excerpt from letter to the Garbisches of unknown date, in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Thacher, Thurston
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 72.

1955: American Primitive Pantings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1972: Untitled exhibition, Alexandria Mental Health Association Benefit, Mulrooney Hall, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 152, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 299, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 428, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 606-608, color repro. 607.