Connecticut Sea Captain, 1833

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 76.2 x 62.3 cm (30 x 24 1/2 in.)

framed: 94.6 x 77.4 x 7.3 cm (37 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1965.15.4

Artists / Makers

Isaac Sheffield (artist) American, 1807 - 1845

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Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, photograph in object file [1965.15.4] in NGA curatorial records): I. Sheffield, Pinxt. / April 1833

Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Sara H. Andrews, Ashaway, Rhode Island), by whom sold in 1955 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1965.

Associated Names

Andrews, Sara H.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 54.

1958: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 98, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 221, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 335, 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: 344-345, color repro. 342.