Gideon Fairman, 1827

Not on View

Medium

charcoal, pen and brown ink, touched with white gouache, on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.9 × 23 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection

Accession Number

1979.20.94

Artists / Makers

Albert Newsam (artist) American, 1809 - 1864

Thomas Sully (artist after) American, born England, 1783 - 1872

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in pen and black and brown inks by unknown hand: DRAWN.BY A.NEWSAM, PUPIL TO C.G.CHILDS.1827; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2 3/4 + .../ 4 1/2 +.

Provenance

Kennedy Gallerys, New York; John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Hatch, Jr., John Davis, Mr.

Bibliography

1976: Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 15, as "Edwin Forrest".

1980: Sadik, Marvin. American Porait Drawings. Washington: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1980, p. 54-55.