Eleanor Wyer Foster (Mrs. Isaac Foster)

1755

Joseph Badger

Painter, American, 1708 - 1765

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. David Buffum, Walpole, New Hampshire, by 1873;[1] her son, Dr. Thomas Bellows Buffum, Walpole, New Hampshire, by 1918;[2] Annie Buffum Williams [Mrs. Nathan W. Williams], Northampton, Massachusetts, 1943.[3] Purchased in Boston before 16 May 1949 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[4] gift 1957 to NGA.
[1] Augustus Thorndike Perkins, A Sketch of the Life and List of Some of the Works of John Singleton Copley, Boston, 1873, 125; Mrs. Buffum is described as a descendant. Frank W. Bayley, The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley, Boston, 1915, 108-109 repeats Perkins's information.
[2] Lawrence Park, Joseph Badger (1708-1765), And a Descriptive List of some of his Works, Boston, 1918, 14; Historical Records Survey 1942, 8.
[3] Letter from Mrs. Williams to the Frick Art Reference Library, 28 November 1943.
[4] A treatment report made for the Garbisches by conservators Sheldon and Caroline Keck notes that the Kecks received the painting on 16 May 1949. An undated information sheet compiled for the Garbisches states that the painting was acquired in Boston. (Both documents are in NGA curatorial files.)

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Exhibition History

1957

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no cat.

1961

  • 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Colleciton of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 12, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967

  • National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 2.

1975

  • The World of Franklin and Jefferson, traveling exhibition circulated by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 6 venues (Paris, Warsaw, London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles), 1975-1977, not included in cat.

1981

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, IL, 1981-1982, no. 17

Bibliography

1873

  • Perkins, Augustus Thorndike. A Sketch of the Life and a List of some of the Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1873: 125.

1915

  • Bayley, Frank W. The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1915: 109.

1918

  • Park 1918, 14-15.

1938

  • Parker, Barbara N., and Anne Bolling Wheeler. John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel, and Miniature, with Biographical Sketches. Boston, 1938: 253, as by Badger.

1942

  • Historical Records Survey. "Preliminary Checklist of American Portraits 1620-1869 Found in New Hampshire." Boston, 1942: 9.

1963

  • Heydenryk, Henry. The Art and History of Frames. New York, 1963: 96, fig. 86; 117.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 12, repro., as Mrs. Isaac Foster.

1972

  • Nylander, Richard C. "Joseph Badger, American Portrait Painter." Master's thesis, State University of New York at Oneonta, 1972: 54.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 22, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 23, repro.

1995

  • Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 4-6, color repro. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right: 1755; on reverse of the original canvas: Eleanor Foster; / Onely Daughter of William Wyer Esqr. / And Eleanor His Wife Was Born July Ye 14th, 1714.

Wikidata ID

Q20178097

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