Agnes Gordon Cochran Higginson (Mrs. Stephen Higginson)
1876
Artist, American, 1822 - 1884
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Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 68.3 x 56 cm (26 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
framed: 81.3 x 71.1 x 6.7 cm (32 x 28 x 2 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1953.9.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, Deerfield, Massachusetts; his estate until 1911;[1] his wife, Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller [1838-1924], Deerfield, Massachusetts; her son, Arthur Negus Fuller [d. 1945], Deerfield, Massachusetts; his sister, Agnes Gordon Fuller Tack [Mrs. Augustus Vincent Tack], Deerfield, Massachusetts;[2] gift 1953 to NGA.
[1] "List of Pictures and Sketches in Deerfield Studio," February 1905 (Fuller Papers, Memorial Libraries, Deerfield, Massachusetts [AAA microfilm, 609, fr. 590]) includes a "Portrait of Grandmother Higginson."
[2] Letter of 24 January 1992 from Jeffrey Goodhue Legler, great-great-grandson of the artist (in NGA curatorial files) provides provenance information.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1876
Possibly shown at Doll and Richards, Boston, 1876.
1884
Probably Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1884, no. 128, as Portrait of a Lady.
Bibliography
1961
Homer, William Innes, and David M. Robb. "Paintings by George Fuller in American Museums and Public Collections." The Art Quarterly 24 (Autumn 1961): 294.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 62, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 165, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 185, repro.
1996
Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 236-238, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188808