John and Abigail Montgomery
1836
Artist, American, active 1832/1837
Artwork overview
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Medium
transparent and opaque watercolor and ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sight size: 22.2 x 35.3 cm (8 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1967.20.8
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1971
Twenty-five Folk Artists: Their Lives and Work, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1971, 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
1966
101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 83.
1974
Savage, Gail, Norbert H. Savage and Esther Sparks. Three New England watercolor painters. Art Institute of Chicago, 1974: 14.
Inscriptions
across bottom: John Montgomery. Aged 56 march 6th / Abigail Montgomery. Aged 52 Septemr 26th; lower center: PAINTEDAT / STRAFFORD / RIDGE. MAY 22 / -1836-
Wikidata ID
Q64591194