William Wilson Corcoran
1867
Painter, American, 1812 - 1868
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 246.7 × 175.26 cm (97 1/8 × 69 in.)
framed: 297.82 × 227.65 cm (117 1/4 × 89 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.107
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned 1867 by William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington; gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The painting was the first painting accessioned into the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Long-term loan, Riggs National Bank (later PNC Bank), Washington, 1986-2015.
Bibliography
1966
Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 1: Painters born before 1850. Washington, 1966: 81.
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 296, repro.
Inscriptions
bottom left on chair frame: CL Elliot 1867.
Wikidata ID
Q46629588