John Smith Warner (?), c. 1827

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.5 x 63.3 cm (30 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.)

framed: 97.8 x 85.1 x 8.3 cm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Martha E. Warner

Accession Number

1961.8.1

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (painter)

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Provenance

The sitter's daughter, Georgian Warner [Mrs. David] Woodburn, Baltimore; her brother, John Smith Warner, Jr.; his daughter, Martha E. Warner, Philadelphia; gift 1961 to NGA.

Associated Names

Warner, Jr., John Smith
Warner, Martha E., Miss
Woodburn, Georgian Warner

Exhibition History

1976: Bass Otis: Painter, Portraitist and Engraver, The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1976, no. 50.

Bibliography

1934: McComb, Arthur. The Baroque Painters of Italy. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934: 43-44, fig. 42.

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

1970: Hendricks, Gordon. "A Wish to Please, and a Willingness to Be Pleased." American Art Journal 2, no. 1 (Spring 1970): 18.

1976: Davis, Gainor B., and Wayne Craven. Bass Otis, Painter, Portraitist and Engraver. Exh. cat. Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1976: 52.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 203, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 253, 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: 284-286, repro.