Charles Carroll of Carrollton
c. 1828
Artist, American, 1792 - 1866
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 90.2 x 70.2 cm (35 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)
framed: 110.5 x 90.2 x 6.4 cm (43 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1956.15.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Benjamin Rush Toland, Philadelphia;[1] sold to (Ehrich Galleries, New York). (McClees Gallery, Philadelphia) by 1928;[2] sold to Alexander Dallas Thayer, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania; gift 1956 to NGA.
[1] Letter of 4 January 1962 from L. E. Magargal, secretary to Alexander Thayer (in NGA curatorial files), provides provenance information and states that the painting was also owned at an unknown date by "Mr. R.H.R. Toland of Philadelphia."
[2] Typescript letter dated 3 December 1928 from Albert Rosenthal (in NGA curatorial files) provides provenance information regarding the Ehrich and McClees galleries.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1960
American Painters of the South, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960, no. 84.
1969
A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distinguished American, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 23.
1970
Two Centuries of American Portraits, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Lexington; Paducah Art Gallery, Kentucky; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1970, no cat.
1975
"Anywhere So Long As There Be Freedom," Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, no. 39.
1976
Portraits USA 1776-1976, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1976, p. 40.
1985
A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1985, no. 20.
Bibliography
1869
Dunlap, William. A History of the Rise and Progress of The Arts of Design in the United States. 2 vols. Reprinted in 3. New York, 1969 (1834): 2:289.
1969
Stewart, Robert G. A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Washington, 1969: 23, repro.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 62, repro.
1975
"Anywhere So Long as There Be Freedom": Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland. Baltimore, 1975: 176, no. 39.
1976
Dickson, Harold E. Portraits USA: 1776-1976. Exh. cat. Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1976: 40-41.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 168, repro.
1981
Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 88, repro. 106.
1985
Lipton, Leah. A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville. Washington, D.C., 1985: no. 20, 81-82.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 192, 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: 246-250, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20185634