Birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, 1755
1927
Artist, American, 1861 - 1935
Artwork overview
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Medium
carved and inked woodblock
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 29.53 × 42.39 cm (11 5/8 × 16 11/16 in.)
block: 30.48 × 43.18 × 1.27 cm (12 × 17 × 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2501
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania; Gertrude T. S. Tuttle (the artist's wife), Kingston, New York, 1935; Estate of Gertrude T. S. Tuttle, Kingston, New York, 1966; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Wood Gravures by Macowin Tuttle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1931, no. 14
Inscriptions
lower left in block: Birthplace of / Gilbert Stuart / 1755; lower right in block: Macowin Tuttle / Del Sc / 1927; upper left verso in black marker: Birthplace of / Gilbert Stuart. / Saunderstown. Rhode Island. U.S.A. / Portrait Painter of / Washington / Engraved from Nature by / Macowin Tuttle / Del.-Sc. / 1927; center verso of frame in black marker: 68 [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q63864247