Mrs. William Griffin, 1830

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.3 x 63.8 cm (30 1/16 x 25 1/8 in.)

framed: 94.3 x 81.6 cm (37 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1943.1.8

Artists / Makers

Thomas Sully (artist) American, born England, 1783 - 1872

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: TS (in monogram) 1830.

Provenance

Dr. Samuel W. Woodhouse, Jr. [1874-1943], Philadelphia; (his sale, Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, 23-24 April 1928, 2nd day, no. 174); Daniel H. Farr, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; (his sale, Plaza Art Auction Galleries, Inc., New York, 23 March 1935, no. 73); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dale, Chester
Farr, Daniel H.
Freeman & Co., Samuel T.
Plaza Art Galleries
Woodhouse, Jr., Samuel W., Dr.

Exhibition History

1935: Exhibition of American Painting, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1935, no. 210.

1937: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 11.

1955: American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1956: American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1909: Hart 1909, no. 663, 73.

1921: Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 686, 164.

1965: Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 33, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 110, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 241, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 362, repro.

1998: Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 173-175, repro.