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Prior-Hamblin School

Little Girl with Slate, c. 1845

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 68.8 x 56 cm (27 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

framed: 77.4 x 64.7 x 5.3 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.66

Artists / Makers

Prior-Hamblin School (painter) American, active mid 19th century

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Inscription

on slate: Suffer Little Children to Come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heav[en]

Provenance

Recorded as from Boston. Purchased in 1953 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 17.

1973: Extended loan for use by the Council on Economic Policy, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974.

1975: American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no cat.

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 52, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1988: La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 52, repro.

2015: Le Douanier Rousseau: L'innocence archaïque, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, 2015-2017, no. 99 (shown only in Venice and Paris).

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 140, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 282, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 268, 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: 312-314, color repro. 313.

2006: Perry, Claire. Young America. Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture. New Haven and London, 2006: 194-196, fig. 158.

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