Dr. John Safford and Family
c. 1830
Painter, American, active c. 1825/1836
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 69.5 x 85 cm (27 3/8 x 33 7/16 in.)
framed: 101.6 x 86.3 x 5 cm (40 x 34 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1980.62.46
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Washington, D.C.[1] (Adam A. Weschler and Son, Washington, 8 October 1972, lot 875), by whom sold to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (Henry Coger as agent); by bequest to NGA, 1980.
[1] The Garbisch records further indicate that the painting originated in New York State.
Associated Names
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.
2010
American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.
Bibliography
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: 328-330, color repro. 329.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 329, repro.
Inscriptions
on the lining fabric, in a later hand: DR JOHN SAFFORD / CLARISSA FRANCIS HULBERT / 2nd WIFE / JOHN + SUSAN MARTIN / MARY (ONLY CHILD OF / FIRST MARRIAGE) / WATERTOWN, N.Y. / C. 1830
Wikidata ID
Q20185682