Lady in a White Mob Cap
c. 1805
Painter, American, 1769 - 1821
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 36.5 x 26.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
framed: 45.7 x 36.2 x 3.4 cm (18 x 14 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1959.11.12
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Philadelphia. Purchased in 1956 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1959.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.
1975
American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no cat.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 293, repro.
1985
Kern, Arthur B., and Sybil B. Kern. "Benjamin Greenleaf: Nineteenth Century Portrait Painter." The Clarion 10 (Spring-Summer 1985): 45, no. 1.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 189, 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: 157, repro. 158.
Wikidata ID
Q20181926