Henry Teller, c. 1835

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 84.7 x 68.5 cm (33 3/8 x 26 15/16 in.)

framed: 92.7 x 79 x 7.6 cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/8 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.30

Artists / Makers

Ammi Phillips (artist) American, 1788 - 1865

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Provenance

Recorded as from Fishkill, New York. Purchased from a collateral member of the sitter's family by (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Teller family member
Thacher, Thurston
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1972: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Strauz-Hupe, U.S. Embassy residence, Brussels, Belgium, 1972-1977.

Bibliography

1965: Holdridge, Barbara C., and Lawrence B. Holdridge. "Ammi Phillips, 1788-1865." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 30 (October 1965): 97-146.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 90, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 209, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 261, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 284, 287, repro. 285.