Paul Smith Palmer, 1835/1838

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 86.4 x 73.4 cm (34 x 28 7/8 in.)

framed: 103.5 x 90.8 x 6.9 cm (40 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1971.83.4

Artists / Makers

Erastus Salisbury Field (artist) American, 1805 - 1900

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. Descended in the family of the sitter to Drewville Jeffery, whose wife was a descendant of the sitter. (John Esposito, city unknown), by whom sold in 1964 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1971.

Associated Names

Esposito, John
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Jeffery, Drewville
Palmer, Paul Smith and Hannah Eells

Exhibition History

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1990: Between the Rivers: Itinerant Painters from the Connecticut to the Hudson, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Inst., Williamstown; Mus. of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 1990-1991, no. 28 (not shown at third venue, Hudson River Mus. of Westchester, Yonkers).

2015: A Perfect Likeness: Folk Portraits and Early Photography, Fenimore Art Museum, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, 2015, no catalogue.

Bibliography

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: 179, 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: 119, 122, color repro. 121.