William Morris Hunt

c. 1879

Thomas Bayley Lawson

Artist, American, 1807 - 1888

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.7 x 35.8 cm (18 x 14 1/8 in.)
    framed: 68.6 x 58.4 x 3.5 cm (27 x 23 x 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.17.68

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's son, Walter U. Lawson [d. 1923], New York, by 1890;[1] sold 28 April 1921 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] 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] Letter of 3 May 1921 from Walter U. Lawson (in NGA curatorial files): "[since 1890] it has been continuously in my possession." [2] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

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

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 78, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 193, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 226, 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: 416-418, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: TBLawson / 1879

Wikidata ID

Q20188854

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