Tintern Abbey
after 1836
Painter, American, 1791 - 1856
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 74.93 × 92.39 cm (29 1/2 × 36 3/8 in.)
framed: 102.24 × 120.02 cm (40 1/4 × 47 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2016.23.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Church Osborn [1862-1951], New York; gift 1 February 1904 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1945
Loan to display in the White House, Washington, 1945.
1959
The American Muse: Parallel Trends in Literature and Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 April - 17 May 1959, no. 48.
1963
A Century and A Half of American Painting: A Special Exhibition on Loan from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, 3 April - 13 May 1963, no. 3.
1966
Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.
1973
Thomas Doughty, 1793-1856: An American Pioneer in Landscape Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Albany Institute of History and Art, 19 October 1973 - 7 April 1974, no. 36, repro.
1989
Extended loan for use in the Vice President's Residence, Washington, 1989.
1993
Extended loan for use by the Secretaries of Agriculture, Edward R. Madigan and Mike Espy, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 7 September 1993 - 28 December 1994.
Bibliography
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 294, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: T. Doughty
Wikidata ID
Q46627160