Mercy's Dream, 1850

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 227.65 × 167.64 cm (89 5/8 × 66 in.)

framed: 300.04 × 215.9 cm (118 1/8 × 85 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)

Accession Number

2014.136.112

Artists / Makers

Daniel Huntington (artist) American, 1816 - 1906

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Provenance

(Williams, Stevens & Williams, New York); purchased c. 1850 by William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington; gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran, William Wilson
Williams, Stevens & Williams

Exhibition History

1964: The Romantic Century, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1964, no catalogue.

1972: Conservation in the Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 September-22 October 1972, unpublished checklist.

1976: Corcoran [The American Genius], Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 24 January-4 April 1976, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1857: Lanman, Charles. Catalogue of W.W. Corcoran's Gallery. Washington, 1857: 5, no. 1.

2011: Mann III, Crawford Alexander. "Daniel Huntington, Mercy's Dream."In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 15,19-20, 96-97, 261, repro.