The Ship "Favorite" Maneuvering Off Greenock, 1819

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.2 x 128.3 cm (30 x 50 1/2 in.)

framed: 96.5 x 149.9 x 9.8 cm (38 x 59 x 3 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1981.54.1

Artists / Makers

Robert Salmon (artist) American, born England, 1775 - c. 1845

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: RS 1819

Provenance

Donaldson Line, Glasgow; (their housesale, Glasgow, 1967); (M.A. Alexander Fine Arts Ltd., Glasgow); Ulrik Richter, London;[1] sold April 1969 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1981 to NGA.

[1] The early provenance was provided by Mr. Richter (letter of 18 March 1982) and Michael Alexander (letter of 6 May 1982), both letters in NGA curatorial files. Donaldson Line was a shipping company.

Associated Names

Donaldson Line
M.A. Alexander Fine Arts Ltd.
Mellon, Paul
Richter, Ulrik

Exhibition History

1986: Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986, unnumbered checklist.

1990: Glasgow's Glasgow: The Words and the Stones, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland, 1990, not in cat.

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no cat.

2005: Extended loan for use by Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.

2007: Extended loan for use by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2007-2008.

2018: Extended loan for use by Secretary Alex M. Azar II, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 2018-2021.

Bibliography

1988: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 15, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 330, repro.