Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (Mrs. Seba Smith), c. 1845

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 86.6 x 65.1 cm (34 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.)

framed: 107.3 x 85.7 x 6.4 cm (42 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.188

Artists / Makers

John Wesley Paradise (artist) American, 1809 - 1862

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: Elizabeth. O. Smith / John. W. Paradis f.

Provenance

(Weston, New York); Albert Rosenthal [1863-1939], Philadelphia; Cornelius Michaelsen, New York; (Rains Galleries, New York, 8 May 1935, no. 87);[1] Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Important American Prints and Paintings Collected by Cornelius Michaelsen, Esq. (New York, Rains Galleries, 8 May 1935), no. 87, 29.

Associated Names

Dale, Chester
Michaelsen, Cornelius
Rains Galleries
Rosenthal, Albert
Weston

Exhibition History

1925: One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the National Academy of Design, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1925-1926, no. 19.

1937: An Exhibition of American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 20.

1957: Early New Jersey Artists, 18th and 19th Centuries, The Newark Museum, 1957, no. 73.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1957: Early New Jersey Artists, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exh. cat. Newark Museum, 1957: 12, fig. 73.

1965: Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 35, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 86, repro.

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: 40-42, color repro.