Textile Merchant
c. 1840
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 86.3 x 66 cm (34 x 26 in.)
framed: 105.4 x 85.7 x 5 cm (41 1/2 x 33 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.81
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Darien, Connecticut. Purchased in Binghamton, New York, by (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York),[1] by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
[1] Thurston Thacher added to the provenance: "The portrait was purchased in Binghamton, N.Y. and found at Norwich, N.Y. The owners were related to the subject in the portrait but not directly in line and did not know much about it except that it came from Darien, Conn." (excerpt from letter to the Garbisches of unknown date, in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 72.
1955
American Primitive Pantings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.
1968
The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.
1972
Untitled exhibition, Alexandria Mental Health Association Benefit, Mulrooney Hall, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 152, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 299, 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: 606-608, color repro. 607.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 428, repro.
Inscriptions
at top of paper: Darien
Wikidata ID
Q20186869