Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell
1790-1792
Artist, British, 1734 - 1802
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 153.4 x 123.9 cm (60 3/8 x 48 3/4 in.)
framed: 174 x 144.8 cm (68 1/2 x 57 in.) -
Accession
1960.6.31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Amelia Campbell [d. 1813], wife of the sitter, Inverneill, Scotland; probably by descent in the Campbell family. Thatcher M. Adams, New York; (sale, American Art Association, New York, 14-15 January 1920, 2nd day, no. 154); (John Levy Galleries, New York); purchased by William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1966-1968.
1972
Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.
Bibliography
1904
Ward, Humphry and William Roberts. Romney. 2 vols. London, 1904: 1:121-122; 2:24.
1938
Borenius, Tancred. English Painting in the XVIIIth Century. London, 1938: pl. 60.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 116, as Sir Archibald Campbell.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 103, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 310, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 514, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 355, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 245-247, repro. 246.
Wikidata ID
Q20179808