Charles Adams Wheeler

c. 1790

The Beardsley Limner

Associated Names
The Beardsley Limner

Painter, American, active 1785/1805

The image shows a full-body portrait of a young person with fair skin, wide eyes, and straight hair falling past the shoulders. They are wearing a formal outfit consisting of a red coat over a dark waistcoat with rounded buttons, white cuffs, and a white collar. The person holds a hat in their left hand and a stack of red books under their left arm, with their right arm resting against their side. In the background, there is a plain, muted color with a green drape with tassels visible to the right of the subject.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Descended in the family of Henry Wheeler, Boston. (Childs Gallery, Boston, by December 1949). (Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • Little-Known Connecticut Artists, 1790-1810, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1957-1958 (cat. by Nina Fletcher Little) in Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 22 (October 1957): 100, no. 12.

1972

  • The Beardsley Limner and Some Contemporaries, A. A. Rockefeller Folk Art Ceneter, Williamsburg; Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; and New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1972-1973, no. 4. (cat. by Christine S. Schloss).

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 156, repro., as by Unknown American.

1973

  • Schloss, Christine Skeeles. "The Beardsley Limner." Antiques 103 (March 1973): 534, fig. 3.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 25, 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: 16-17, color repro. 17.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 27, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20179726

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