Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville)

1904

Thomas Eakins

Artist, American, 1844 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elizabeth O. Carville

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51 × 40.7 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)
    framed: 74.93 × 64.14 × 5.08 cm (29 1/2 × 25 1/4 × 2 in.)

  • Accession

    1976.27.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter, Philadelphia, until at least 1933;[1] her daughter, Elizabeth O. Carville, Tacoma, Washington; gift 1976 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. "Thomas Eakins, Realist." Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 25 (March 1930): 30, no. 261.

1933

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work. New York, 1933: 198, no. 397.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 149, repro.

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 116, repro.

1988

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 134, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 167, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 176-178, color repro.

Inscriptions

upper left: T.E.; on reverse: TO HIS FRIEND / HARRIET CARVILLE / THOMAS EAKINS / 1904

Wikidata ID

Q20190889

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