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George Ropes

Mount Vernon, 1806

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 94 x 134.6 cm (37 x 53 in.)

framed: 109.8 x 151.1 x 4.4 cm (43 1/4 x 59 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.6

Artists / Makers

George Ropes (artist) American, 1788 - 1819

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: G. Ropes / Salem 1806

Provenance

Recorded as from the Clifford Crowninshield House, Salem, Massachusetts, possibly removed before 1916.[1] (Harry Shaw Newman, New York); sold 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.

[1] According to the Garbisch records, the painting hung at one time over a mantel in this house. A 1916 photograph of the parlor mantel shows a large mirror, not a painting (Frank Cousins and Phil M. Riley, The Wood-carver of Salem, Samuel McIntire, His Life and Work, Boston, 1916: pl. 63). If the painting had been over this mantel, it must have been removed by 1916. The house had another mantel as well. An illustration of 1940 does not include the overmantel area (Fiske Kimball, Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver, the Architect of Salem, Portland, Maine,1940: fig. 258).

Associated Names

Crowninshield House, Clifford
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Newman Gallery, Harry Shaw

Exhibition History

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 4.

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1970: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1970-1974.

1976: Extended loan for use by Secretary Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977.

1977: Extended loan for use by the Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980.

1982: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Dublin, Ireland, 1982-1986.

1989: Washington Salutes Washington: The President and the State, Washington State Capitol Museum, Seattle; Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, 1989, 13, (cat. by Marcus Cunliffe, David L. Coon, and Albert F. Appleton).

1990: Extended loan for use by Secretary Jack Kemp, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

1997: Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 94, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 216, repro.

1985: Rubin, Cynthia Elyce. Southern Folk Art. Birmingham, Alabama, 1985: color repro. 70.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 272, 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: 324-326, repro. 325.