Charles Loring Elliott

c. 1865

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Painter

The image is a portrait of a man shown from the torso up. He is positioned slightly turned to the right, facing the viewer with a direct gaze. He has a balding forehead with thin hair at the top, and the remaining hair is long and curly at the sides and back. His facial features include a prominent nose and a full, white beard and mustache that cover most of his lower face. The man is dressed in a dark, subdued garment with a high collar visible around his neck. The background is plain and dark, with subtle variations in color, keeping the focus on the subject. There are no visible jewelry or objects being held.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 68.9 x 56.2 cm (27 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
    framed: 91.8 x 79.1 x 7.1 cm (36 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.17.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Cantrell); purchased 14 December 1921 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1922

  • Exhibition of Portraits by Early American Artists, The Union League Club, New York, March 1922, no. 6, as by William Sidney Mount.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue.

1951

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1951.

1953

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.

1967

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1967-1968, 1969-1980.

Bibliography

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 82, repro.

1975

  • Frankenstein, Alfred. William Sidney Mount. New York, 1975: 15-16, ill. 3.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 200, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 238, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 312-314, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188660

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