Mrs. William Hartigan

1787/1796

Carl Fredrik von Breda

Painter, Swedish, 1759 - 1818

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 77 x 64 cm (30 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
    framed: 94 x 81.3 x 6.2 cm (37 x 32 x 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.8.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carlile Pollock [1749-1806], New Orleans and New York, the sitter's brother; by descent, through his daughter and grandson, to his grandniece, Mrs. Emma G. Terry Lull;[1] sold by 1896 to George H. Story, New York; by whom sold to (Ehrich Bros., New York); from whom purchased 1913 by Jesse A. Wasserman, New York. (Ehrich Bros., New York); sold to (Doll and Richards); from whom it was purchased 1916 by Mrs. David P. Kimball, Boston; sold 17 December 1918 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[2] sold by Clarke's executors 29 January 1936 through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), as part of the Clarke collection, to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] A page of typed provenance notes of unknown authorship in the NGA curatorial file states that Emma Lull [1836-1919] owned the portrait from "1882-97, at least," and gives her location as Boston and Sharon, Connecticut. A second page of notes in the same file lists her address as Annapolis, Maryland.
[2] Clarke acquisition date is according to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1880

  • Portraits Painted by Gilbert Stuart, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880, no. 291.

1884

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1884-1886.

1896

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1896-1897.

1918

  • One Hundred Early American Paintings, Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1918, repro. 112.

1922

  • Portraits Painted in Europe by Early American Artists, The Union League Club, New York, January 1922, no. 17, as Betsey Hartigan by Gilbert Stuart.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue, as Betsey Hartigan by Gilbert Stuart.

1943

  • American Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1943.

1944

  • Gilbert Stuart: Portraits Lent by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1944-1945, no. 5.

1947

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1947.

1948

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1948.

1949

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1949.

1951

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1951.

1960

  • Faces of America, Inaugural Exhibition, El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, 1960-1961, no cat.

1967

  • Extended loan for use by National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Washington, D.C., 1967-1974.

Bibliography

1879

  • Mason, George C. The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart. New York, 1879: 196.

1886

  • Mudge, Alfred. Catalogue of Works of Art. (Museum of Fine Arts). Boston, 1886: 11, no. 206.

1926

  • Park, Lawrence. Gilbert Stuart. 4 vols. New York, 1926: 1:386-387, no. 380; 3:228, repro.

1927

  • Carroll, Dana. "Early American Portrait Painting." International Studio 86 (1927): 65-66.

1928

  • Cuthbert, Lee. "The Thomas B. Clarke Collection of Early American Portraits." American Magazine of Art 19 (1928): 304.

1964

  • Mount, Charles Merrill. Gilbert Stuart: A Biography. New York, 1964: 369.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 104, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 230, repro.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 24-27, repro. 25.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 436.

Wikidata ID

Q20179521

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