Boston Harbor

mid 19th century

Thomas Chambers

Artist, American, 1808 - 1866 or after

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (Harry Stone Gallery, New York, 1942). (Albert Duveen, New York), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 71.

1968

  • American Naive Paintings of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exhibition by Amer. Fed. of Arts, New York, 1968-1970, no. 75. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1982

  • Extended Loan to the White House for use by President George W. Bush, 2001-2003.

1985

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary George P. Shultz, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1985-1989.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Carla Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993

  • Extended loan for use by Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1993-

2001

  • Extended loan for use by Chief of Staff Andrew Card, White House, Washington, D.C., 2001-2006.

2006

  • Extended loan for use by Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, White House, Washington, D.C., 2006-2008.

2008

  • Thomas Chambers, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls; American Folk Art Museum, New York; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 2008-2010, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 2-8.

Bibliography

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: 49, repro. 48.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 137, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20184993


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