The Old Westover House

1869

Edward Lamson Henry

Associated Names
Edward Lamson Henry

Painter, American, 1841 - 1919

This painting depicts a large red brick mansion at the center, surrounded by two connected brick structures, one of which seems to be in ruins, as well as white tents and trees with sparse green leaves. In front of the house, people that seem to be soldiers in blue uniforms ride on horseback or in carriages towards the house. More people in uniforms can be seen sitting or standing on the lawn or standing inside the windows of the house. Two people stand on the top of the house, one holding a while flag with a red dot in the center. There is an American flag above the doorway of the house. The sky above is mostly gray with small patches of blue.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Whitney, Philadelphia, by 1870; purchased 1885 by James F. Sutton on behalf of the (American Art Association, New York); purchased 1892 by W.S. Allen; (American Art Association, New York); gift 1900 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Exhibition History

1892

  • Collections of the American Art Association to be Absolutely Sold by Auction to Settle the Estate of the Late R. Austin Robertson, American Art Association, 7-8 April 1892, no. 102.

1946

  • An Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Virginian Genre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 17 January - 13 February 1946, no. 22.

1950

  • American Processional 1492-1900, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 8 July - 17 December 1950, no. 244.

1956

  • Paintings by Edward Lamson Henry, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, 1956, no catalogue (probably).

1961

  • American Landscape Painters, 1800-1960, Norfok Museum of Arts and Sciences, 3 March - 5 April 1961, no. 14.

  • The Civil War: The Artists' Record, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1961-1962, no. 149.

1966

  • Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976

  • Corcoran [The American Genius], Corcoran Gallery of Art, 24 January - 4 April 1976, no checklist.

1983

  • Painting in the South: 1564-1980. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Birmingham Museum of Art; National Academy of Design, New York; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville; New Orleans Museum of Art, 1984-1985, no. 87 (shown only in Richmond).

1987

  • The Works of E.L. Henry: Recollections of a Time Gone By, R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, 13 September - 8 November 1987, unnumbered checklist.

1993

  • The Century Club Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 July - 13 September 1993, unpublished checklist.

2003

  • Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Idea, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, 15 February - 8 June 2003, no checklist.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 36.

2008

  • The Plantation in American Art, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, 2008, no checklist.

2012

  • The Civil War and American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012-2013, no. 56.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Shapiro, Emily Dana. "Edward Lamson Henry, The Old Westover House." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 134-135, 267, repro..

Inscriptions

lower right: E L Henry, 69

Wikidata ID

Q46629691

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