The Truants, 1843

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 58.1 × 80.96 cm (22 7/8 × 31 7/8 in.)

framed: 71.12 × 93.98 × 6.03 cm (28 × 37 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Breckinridge Long)

Accession Number

2016.22.22

Artists / Makers

Joshua Shaw (painter) American, born England, 1776 - 1860

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Inscription

lower right: J. Shaw. 1843

Provenance

(Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); sold 1969 to (Kennedy Galleries, New York); purchased May 1970 by John Wilmerding; sold February 1977 to (Kennedy Galleries, New York); sold 3 June 1981 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Carlen, Robert
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Kennedy Galleries
Wilmerding, John, Professor

Exhibition History

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Galler of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.

2008: The American Evolution: A History Through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1981: "Museum accessions." Magazine Antiques CXX, 5 (November 1981): 1093, repro.

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 316, repro.