Eliza Wells, 1840

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 64.1 x 59.6 cm (25 1/4 x 23 7/16 in.)

framed: 78.7 x 74.9 x 4.4 cm (31 x 29 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.11

Artists / Makers

Abram Ross Stanley (artist) American, 1816 - 1875

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Inscription

on reverse, surrounded by an elaborate painted cartouche (no longer visible, photograph in object file [1955.11.11] in NGA curatorial records): (18) Miss Eliza, Wells AE 21 (40) / A.R. Stanley, Onedia; on back of frame, in pencil: painted by / Hill? [sic] Oneida N Y
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Provenance

Recorded as from Albany, New York. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 90.

1962: Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 34.

1972: Untitled exhibition, Alexandria Mental Health Association Benefit, Mulrooney Hall, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.

1973: American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Holland Union, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1973, exhibition guide (copy not located).

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 100, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 224, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 340, 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: 366-368, color repro. 367.