A Deception, c. 1780

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Medium

pen and black, iron gall, and colored inks with watercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 36.6 x 47.4 cm (14 7/16 x 18 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Max and Heidi Berry

Accession Number

2008.28.1

Artists / Makers

Samuel Lewis (artist) American, c. 1753 - 1822

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right, signed and inscribed twice on theater tickets: S. Lewis. Delin; top center, signed on calling card: Samuel Lewis; center, signed: Mr. Lewis

Provenance

(John Mitchell Fine Paintings, London); (Berry-Hill Galleries, New York); (Godel & Co., New York, 1984); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Godel and Company

Exhibition History

2015: Audubon to Warhol: The Art of the American Still Life, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum, 2015-2016, (shown only in Philadelphia).

Bibliography

2015: Mitchell, Mark D. The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015: 136-137, no. 22.