Mr. Pease, c. 1837

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 89.9 x 74 cm (35 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)

framed: 100.3 x 83.8 x 4.4 cm (39 1/2 x 33 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1965.15.1

Artists / Makers

Erastus Salisbury Field (artist) American, 1805 - 1900

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Provenance

Descended in the Pease family, Torrington, Connecticut. (Thomas D. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1965.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams, Thomas D.

Exhibition History

1972: American Primitive Painting, South Texas Artmobile, Corpus Christi, traveling exhibition by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1972-1973, no cat.

1981: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 23 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exhibition by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 26, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, N.Y.

1988: La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 26, repro.

Bibliography

1963: French, Reginald F., and Agnes M. Dods. "Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 28 (October 1963): 120, no. 164 (includes their "Checklist of Paintings attributed to E. S. Field").

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 60, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 160, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 180, 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: 122-124, repro. 123.