Julia Dodd (Mrs. George Dodd)
1852
Artist, American, 1796 - 1865

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 76.4 x 63.1 cm (30 1/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
framed: 87.3 x 74.3 x 3.2 cm (34 3/8 x 29 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1957.3.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The sitter's daughter, Julia Dodd; her daughter, Mrs. Albert M. Friend; her son, Albert M. Friend, Jr., Princeton, New Jersey; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1970
Two Centuries of American Portraits, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Lexington; Paducah Art Gallery, Kentucky; J. B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, 1970, no cat.
Bibliography
1959
Patrick, Ransom R. "The Early Life of John Neagle, Philadelphia Portrait Painter." Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 1959: 126.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 84, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 201, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 240, repro.
1998
Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 35-36, repro.
Inscriptions
reverse: portrait of / Mrs Dodd / finished Feby. 26th 1852. / Philada.
Wikidata ID
Q20188022