Dr. John Edwards Holbrook

1857

Daniel Huntington

Associated Names
Daniel Huntington

Artist, American, 1816 - 1906

The image shows a portrait of an older man, visible from the chest upward, in a seated position, facing left in profile. His facial features include a strong, prominent nose, a firm chin, and a subtle expression with closed lips. His hair is gray, short, and brushed neatly backward. He is wearing a formal dark suit with a white shirt and a black bow tie. The background is a simple, warm-toned brown, free from any additional objects or details. There is no jewelry visible, and he does not appear to be holding anything.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 72 x 58.9 cm (28 3/8 x 23 3/16 in.)
    framed: 94.6 x 81.9 x 7 cm (37 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.17.57

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; his estate, in 1908.[1] (sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 26 November 1920, no. 90); Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[2] 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.
[1] Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Daniel Huntington, N.A., Exh. cat. Century Association, New York, 1908: 5. [2] The name of the auction house and the date of the purchase by Clarke are recorded in a copy of Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries Collected by Thomas B. Clarke (Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928) annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1908

  • Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Daniel Huntington, N.A., Century Association, New York, 1908, no. 28.

1923

  • Exhibition of Portraits by Early American Portrait Painters, The Union League Club, New York, 1923, no. 14.

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, as John Edwards Holbrook.

  • A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Early American Portrait Painters, The Century Association, New York, 1928, no. 9.

1967

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1967-1981.

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.

1950

  • Mansueti, Romeo. "Father of American Herpetology." Nature Magazine 43 (January 1950): repro. 19.

1952

  • Rutledge and Lane 1952, 124.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 70, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 179, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 208, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 337-339, repro.

Inscriptions

on reverse, hidden by lining: Dr. Holbrook of / S.Carolina / 1856 or 7

Wikidata ID

Q20188385

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