Dr. David Rogers
1788
Painter, American, 1751 - 1801
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G41-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 86.6 x 73.5 cm (34 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
framed: 100.7 x 87.6 x 4.1 cm (39 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1965.15.8
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to Annie Munro West [1858-1919], Macon, Georgia; bequest to her nephew Addison Tinsley West [1897-1985], Orlando, Florida;[1] sold 21 February 1963 to (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); purchased 15 March 1963 by Edgar William and Mrs. Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[2] gift 1965 to NGA.
[1] Edward Francis Frémaux de Beixedon, Jr., The Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. David Rogers, n.p, 1921, repro. opp., with owner's name; information from Addison West's daughter Elizabeth H. Reed, Orlando, Florida, 1991.
[2] Letter from Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., 17 May 1991 (in NGA curatorial file).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1973
Extended loan for use by the Council on Economic Policy, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, The White House, 1973-1974.
1976
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Frank Carlucci, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1976-1979.
1989
Men and Women: Dressing the Part, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., 1989-1991, no cat.
1991
Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1991-1992, 142, no. 23.
Bibliography
1921
de Beixedon, Jr., Edward Francis Frémaux. The Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. David Rogers. 1921: repro. opp. 2.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 54, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 151, repro.
1988
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. Ralph Earl: Artist-Entrepreneur. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988: 121-122, 314-315.
1991
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. New Haven, London, and Hartford, 1991: 142, no. 23.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 168, 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: 91-92, color repro. 93.
Inscriptions
lower left: R.Earl / Pinxt / 1788
Wikidata ID
Q20179583