Master Cleeves, 1850

Not on View

aqueous medium on cardboard

overall: 41.3 x 30.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.)

framed: 56.5 x 46 x 3.8 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

1953.5.33

William Matthew Prior (artist) American, 1806 - 1873

on reverse (no longer visible and no known photograph, but recorded in donor records): William M. Prior, 1850

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (Charles D. Childs, Boston), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Childs Gallery
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 92, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 213, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 267, 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: 304, repro. 305.