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Inscription

on original stretcher: Everard Benjamin Born Jan 2[ ] 1791 [ ] May [1?] 1795

Provenance

The sitter's father, Asa Benjamin [1763-1833], Stratford, Connecticut; by descent in his family to Hannah Maria Benjamin Russell [1809-1894, Mrs. Lewis H. Russell], Stratford;[1] by descent to her granddaughter, Frances B. Russell, Stratford, by 1941.[2] (Mr. Aarons, Ansonia, Connecticut); sold 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (perhaps with Frederick Fuessenich as agent); gift 1953 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1889
Loan Exhibition, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Stratford, Connecticut, 3 October 1889, no. 38.
1973
Extended loan for use by the U.S. Consulate, Leningrad, U.S.S.R., 1973-1978.
1987
The American Primitive: Naive Paintings from 1720 to 1870, Mansfield Art Center, Ohio, 1987, no. 3, repro.

Bibliography

1941
Sherman, Frederick. Richard Jennys, New England Portrait Painter. Springfield, Massachusetts, 1941: 64, 65, 67.
1956
Warren, William L. "A Checklist of Jennys Portraits." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 21 (April 1956): 37, 49, 50.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 74, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 183, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 212, 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: 224, repro. 223.

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