Daughter

c. 1845

Prior-Hamblin School

Associated Names
Prior-Hamblin School

Painter, American, active mid 19th century

The image shows a portrait of a person from the waist up. The individual is seated and facing forward. They have light skin, large eyes, and subtly colored cheeks, with hair neatly parted in the middle and braided, secured with a red ribbon. The person is wearing a blue garment with a white neckline and white accents on the sleeves. Around their neck is an orange beaded necklace. The background features an interior setting with a vertical wood texture, flanked by red and gold drapes adorned with tassels. To the left, there is a partial view of a musical instrument on a table.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Springfield, Massachusetts. Purchased 1946 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1942

  • Possibly, American Folk Art Gallery, New York, 1942. (Recorded on Downtown Gallery microfilm [AAA]).

1943

  • Exhibition of American Folk Art, Marshall Field and Company, Chicago, 1943, no. 13.

1951

  • American Primitive Painting, 1750-1950, Milwaukee Art Institute, 1951, no. 21 , as by an anonymous Fall River artist.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 272, 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: 309, 312, repro. 311.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 268, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20187342

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