Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller (Mrs. George Fuller)
c. 1877
Artist, American, 1822 - 1884
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Given in memory of the sitter's granddaughter, Agnes Gordon Hilton
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Dimensions
overall: 69 x 56 cm (27 3/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
framed: 81.3 x 66.7 x 8.3 cm (32 x 26 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1948.1.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, Deerfield, Massachusetts; his estate until 1911; the sitter [1838-1924], Deerfield, Massachusetts.[1] her daughter, Agnes Gordon Fuller Tack [Mrs. Augustus Vincent Tack], Deerfield, Massachusetts; gift 1948 to NGA.
[2] Letter of 24 January 1992 from Jeffrey Goodhue Legler, great-great-grandson of the artist (in NGA curatorial files), provides provenance information and states that the sitter's will directed that the portrait be given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Instead, it seems to have passed to her daughter.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1884
Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1884, no. 134, as Portrait.
1917
Exhibition of Paintings by George Fuller, A.N.A., Vose Galleries, Boston, 1917, no. 17.
1923
Centennial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1923, no. 2, as Portrait of Mrs. A. G. Fuller.
Bibliography
1959
Robb, David M., Jr. "George Fuller, American Barbizon Painter: A Study of his Life, Times and Works." B.A. thesis, Princeton University, 1959: 32, 64-65, 75, pl. 12.
1961
Homer, William Innes, and David M. Robb. "Paintings by George Fuller in American Museums and Public Collections." The Art Quarterly 24 (Autumn 1961): 294.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 62, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 164, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 185, 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: 238-241, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188826