To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard, 1823

Not on View

Medium

watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)

Dimensions

overall: 63.5 x 82.6 cm (25 x 32 1/2 in.)

framed: 76.5 x 96.8 x 5 cm (30 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1971.83.22

Artists / Makers

Salome Hensel (artist) American, active 1823

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Inscription

center right on monument: TO / THE / MEMORY / OF THE / BENEVOLENT / HOWARD

Provenance

The artist; her daughter, Mrs. Emily C. Albright Knight, by 1886.[1] (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); sold 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1971 to NGA.

[1] Salome Hensel later became Mrs. George Albright. According to donor records, the artist's daughter and her husband, Dr. H.D. Knight, had the painting framed in November 1886.

Associated Names

Carlen, Robert
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hensel, Salome
Knight, Emily C. Albright

Exhibition History

1962: Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 12.

Bibliography

1954: Halpert, Edith Gregor. "In Memoriam." Art in America 42 (May 1954): 137.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 201, 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: 180-182.