The Old Westover House

1869

Edward Lamson Henry

Painter, American, 1841 - 1919

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Whitney, Philadelphia, by 1870; purchased 1885 by James F. Sutton on behalf of the (American Art Association, New York); purchased 1892 by W.S. Allen; (American Art Association, New York); gift 1900 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Exhibition History

1892

  • Collections of the American Art Association to be Absolutely Sold by Auction to Settle the Estate of the Late R. Austin Robertson, American Art Association, 7-8 April 1892, no. 102.

1946

  • An Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Virginian Genre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 17 January - 13 February 1946, no. 22.

1950

  • American Processional 1492-1900, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 8 July - 17 December 1950, no. 244.

1956

  • Paintings by Edward Lamson Henry, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, 1956, no catalogue (probably).

1961

  • The Civil War: The Artists' Record, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1961-1962, no. 149.

  • American Landscape Painters, 1800-1960, Norfok Museum of Arts and Sciences, 3 March - 5 April 1961, no. 14.

1966

  • Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976

  • Corcoran [The American Genius], Corcoran Gallery of Art, 24 January - 4 April 1976, no checklist.

1983

  • Painting in the South: 1564-1980. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Birmingham Museum of Art; National Academy of Design, New York; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville; New Orleans Museum of Art, 1984-1985, no. 87 (shown only in Richmond).

1987

  • The Works of E.L. Henry: Recollections of a Time Gone By, R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, 13 September - 8 November 1987, unnumbered checklist.

1993

  • The Century Club Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 July - 13 September 1993, unpublished checklist.

2003

  • Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Idea, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, 15 February - 8 June 2003, no checklist.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 36.

2008

  • The Plantation in American Art, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, 2008, no checklist.

2012

  • The Civil War and American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012-2013, no. 56.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Shapiro, Emily Dana. "Edward Lamson Henry, The Old Westover House." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 134-135, 267, repro..

Inscriptions

lower right: E L Henry, 69

Wikidata ID

Q46629691

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