Red Jacket

after 1828

A. Haddock

Associated Names
A. Haddock
Painter, American, active 1828 or after
The artwork is a portrait of a person shown from the waist up, positioned facing forward. The person has a solemn expression and is bald, with distinct facial features. They are wearing a brown garment with fringed details on the sleeves and a white shirt underneath featuring a large, ornate ruffled front. A prominent red sash is tied around the waist. The background is dark, which highlights the figure in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. (Edgar H. Sittig, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 49.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 62, repro., as by Haddock.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 168, repro.

  • da Costa Nunes, Jadwiga. "Red Jacket: The Man and His Portraits." American Art Journal 12 (Summer 1980): 12, fig. 6.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 190, repro.

  • 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: 162-163, repro. 163.

Inscriptions

lower left: A.Haddock.

Wikidata ID

Q20185643