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Overview

Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 28-30, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf

Provenance

Susan Louisa Pendleton Bowler [Mrs. Robert Bonner Bowler, d. 1877], Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky;[1] her daughter, Louisa Foote Bowler Livingston [Mrs. John Callendar Livingston, 1861-1933], New York;[2] her daughter, Louise Alida Livingston [d. 1967], Oyster Bay, New York; gift 1968 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1874
Possibly Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings, Drawings, Aquarelles, and Works of Household Art, in the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Cincinnati, 1874, no. 318, as unidentified Copley Portrait.
1889
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1889-1902.
1936
An Exhibition of Paintings by John Singleton Copley, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1936-1937, no. 24.
1944
American Portraits by American Painters, Knoedler Galleries, New York, 1944, no. 7.
1963
American Art from American Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1963, no. 181.
1965
John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965-1966, no. 18.

Bibliography

1873
Perkins, Augustus T. A Sketch of the Life and a List of Some of the Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1873: 38.
1874
Possibly Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings, Drawings, Aquarelles, and Works of Household Art, in the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Exh. cat. Cincinnati, 1874: no. 318, as unidentified Copley Portrait.
1890
"Contributions to the Loan Exhibitions for the Year 1889." Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts. Fourteenth Annual Report. Boston, 1890: 46.
1892
Museum of Fine Arts. Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, With a Summary of other Works of Art, Exhibited on the Second Floor. 3rd ed. Boston, 1892: 16, no. 147.
1895
Museum of Fine Arts. Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings with a Summary of other Works of Art, Exhibited on the Second Floor. Boston, 1895: 17, no. 155.
1910
Bayley, Frank W. A Sketch of the Life and a List of Some of the Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1910: 22.
1915
Bayley, Frank W. The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1915: 64.
1930
Bolton, Theodore and Harry Lorin Binsse. "John Singleton Copley." The Antiquarian 15 (December 1930): 116.
1936
An Exhibition of Paintings by John Singleton Copley. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1936-1937: no. 24.
1938
Parker, Barbara Neville and Anne Bolling Wheeler. John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel, and Miniature with Biographical Sketches. Boston, 1938: 42-43, pl. 37.
1944
American Portraits by American Painters. Exh. cat. Knoedler Galleries, New York, 1944: no. 7.
1963
American Art from American Collections. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1963: no. 181.
1965
John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965-1966: no. 18.
1966
Prown, Jules David. John Singleton Copley, vol. 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966, pp. 38, 103, 156-157, 210, fig. 119, no. 978.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 44, repro., Mrs. Metcalf Bowler.
1975
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 391, fig. 564.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 135, repro.
1980
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 13, no. 3, color repro.
1981
Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: repro. 21, 22.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 387, no. 549, color repro., as Mrs. Metcalf Bowler.
1986
Yarnall and Gerdts 1986, 1: 826, no. 19985.
1988
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 52, no. 3, color repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 148, repro.
1995
Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 28-30, color repro. 29.

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