Washington at Valley Forge, mid 19th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 75.9 x 101.5 cm (29 7/8 x 39 15/16 in.)

framed: 88.9 x 114.9 x 3.8 cm (35 x 45 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1971.83.20

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from the Swazy family, New Hope, New Jersey. (Mrs. Frank Bien, Morristown, New Jersey), by whom sold in 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1971.

Associated Names

Bien, Frank, Mrs.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Swazy family

Exhibition History

1957: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1957.

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

1974: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1974-1982.

1984: Extended loan for use by Secretary John Block, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1984-1986.

1986: Extended loan for use by Secretary Richard Lyng, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1986-1989.

1989: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Walter Curley, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 1989-1993.

1997: Loan for display with permanent collection, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, 1997.

1999: Extended loan for use by Secretary Madeleine Albright, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001.

2001: Extended loan for use by Secretary Roderick R. Paige, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 2001-2004.

2004: Extended loan for use by Secretary Alphonso Jackson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2004-2008.

2008: Extended loan for use by Secretary Steve Preston, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2008.

2010: American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 301, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 432, 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: 628-629, color repro. 629.