Jane Storm Teller

c. 1835

Ammi Phillips

Associated Names
Ammi Phillips

Artist, American, 1788 - 1865

The image depicts a woman seated in a three-quarter view. She has light skin, delicate facial features with slightly arched eyebrows, and her hair is styled with prominent coils. She is holding a small red book, with her left hand resting against her face. She wears a dark gown with long sleeves, a lace collar, and lace cuffs. She also wears a black cap trimmed with lace and a ribbon in pink, blue, and yellow. The background is deep brown, and she is seated on a red velvet chair with gold studs along the edge.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Fishkill, New York. Purchased from a collateral member of the sitter's family by (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 10.

1968

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 20.

1971

  • Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1971-1992.

1972

  • Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1986-1992.

Bibliography

1965

  • Holdridge, BarbaraC., and Lawrence B. Holdridge. "Ammi Phillips, 1788-1865." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 30(October 1965): 97-146.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 90, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 209, repro.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 284, 287, repro. 286.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 262, repro.

Inscriptions

on book: C. TELLER

Wikidata ID

Q20185811

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