Packet Ship Passing Castle Williams, New York Harbor
mid 19th century
Artist, American, 1808 - 1866 or after
Thomas Chambers
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56.5 x 76.1 cm (22 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1980.62.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Connecticut. (William Richmond, William's Antiques, Old Greenwich, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exhibition by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 16, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, N.Y.
1988
La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 16, repro.
2002
Extended loan for use by Attorney General John Ashcroft, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2002-2005.
2005
Extended loan for use by Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.
2007
Extended loan for use by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2007-2008.
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. 2-5.
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: 45, 47, repro. 45.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 138, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20185237