Steamship "Erie", probably 1837

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 56.6 x 75.1 cm (22 5/16 x 29 9/16 in.)

framed: 68.6 x 86.3 x 5 cm (27 x 34 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.61.7

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

on side of ship: ERIE; on forward banner, reversed: U.S.M.; on second banner from right, reversed: ERIE.

Provenance

Recorded as from Staten Island, New York. George Sturgis Fortson, by whom sold in 1962 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[1] by bequest to NGA, 1980.

[1] The donors' records are unclear as to whether Fortson was a dealer, nor do they indicate whether he had any connection to Staten Island. The name does not appear in 1962 Staten Island directories, and searches to connect it with dealerships in other areas have been unsuccessful.

Associated Names

Fortson, George Sturgis
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1988: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stephen Ledogar, U.S. Ambassador to Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks, Vienna, Austria, 1988-1990.

1990: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stephen Ledogar, U.S. Ambassador to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990-1997.

Bibliography

1987: Erie County Historical Society. "Reed's Steamers: Fast, Fancy and Sometimes Fatal." From the Cashier's House 7 (Spring 1987): 2.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 427, 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: 598-600, color repro. 599.