Robert Coleman
c. 1820
Painter, American, 1776 - 1842
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas transferred to wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 91.7 x 71 cm (36 1/8 x 27 15/16 in.)
framed: 126.7 x 106 x 10.8 cm (49 7/8 x 41 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1947.9.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thomas Bird Coleman [1794-1836], son of the sitter, Cornwall, Pennsylvania; his daughter, Margaret Coleman Freeman [1820-1894], Cornwall, Pennsylvania; her daughter, Margaret Freeman Buckingham [1857-1946], Washington, D.C.; her nephew, William C. Freeman, Cornwall, Pennsylvania; gift 1947 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
[Opening exhibition], Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat.
1964
Loan for display with permanent collection, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., 1964-1987.
1975
Extended loan for display with the museum's collection, 1975-2004.
Bibliography
1960
Milley, John Calvin. "Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842." Master's thesis, University of Delaware, 1960: 358-359.
1969
Beal, Rebecca J. Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842. Philadelphia, 1969: 39, no. 128.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 54, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 152, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 172, repro.
1996
Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 207-211, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20184463