Artwork overview
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Medium
painted wax on glass
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 9.8 x 5.4 cm (3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
overall (glass support): 15.7 x 13 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
framed: 22.5 x 20 x 5.1 cm (8 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession Number
1953.5.106
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Baltimore. Descended in the family of the sitter to his aunt, Mrs. G. Ogden, Ogdensburg, New York, who owned it in 1846.[1] Purchased in 1949 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
[1] This information is taken from a label on the reverse of the portrait which reads (the [/] represents a break to the next line): "Wm Henry Vining of / Dover Delaware. Done by Geo. Miller at his / Wax Works Studio 172 North / Street Baltimore Md 1821 [this date is in the same hand, but seems to have been added later with a different pen] / Property of his Aunt / Mrs. G. Ogden of Ogdens- / burg N.Y. 1846."
Associated Names
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 174, 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: 260-261, repro. 261.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 236, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20183178