To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard
1823
Artist, American, active 1823
Artwork overview
-
Medium
watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
overall: 63.5 x 82.6 cm (25 x 32 1/2 in.)
framed: 76.5 x 96.8 x 5 cm (30 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1971.83.22
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; her daughter, Mrs. Emily C. Albright Knight, by 1886.[1] (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); sold 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1971 to NGA.
[1] Salome Hensel later became Mrs. George Albright. According to donor records, the artist's daughter and her husband, Dr. H.D. Knight, had the painting framed in November 1886.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 12.
Bibliography
1954
Halpert, Edith Gregor. "In Memoriam." Art in America 42 (May 1954): 137.
1992
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: 180-182.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 201, repro.
Inscriptions
center right on monument: TO / THE / MEMORY / OF THE / BENEVOLENT / HOWARD
Wikidata ID
Q20184851