John Smith Warner (?)

c. 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Martha E. Warner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.5 x 63.3 cm (30 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.)
    framed: 97.8 x 85.1 x 8.3 cm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.8.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter's daughter, Georgian Warner [Mrs. David] Woodburn, Baltimore; her brother, John Smith Warner, Jr.; his daughter, Martha E. Warner, Philadelphia; gift 1961 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Bass Otis: Painter, Portraitist and Engraver, The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1976, no. 50.

Bibliography

1934

  • McComb, Arthur. The Baroque Painters of Italy. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934: 43-44, fig. 42.

1970

  • Hendricks, Gordon. "A Wish to Please, and a Willingness to Be Pleased." American Art Journal 2, no. 1 (Spring 1970): 18.

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 84, repro.

1976

  • Davis, Gainor B., and Wayne Craven. Bass Otis, Painter, Portraitist and Engraver. Exh. cat. Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1976: 52.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 203, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 253, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 284-286, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20180773

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