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Ralph Earl

Martha Tennent Rogers (Mrs. David Rogers) and Her Son, probably Samuel Henry Rogers, 1788

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 42C

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 86.4 x 73.3 cm (34 x 28 7/8 in.)

framed: 100.7 x 87.6 x 4.1 cm (39 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1965.15.9

Artists / Makers

Ralph Earl (painter) American, 1751 - 1801

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Overview

Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 94-96, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf

Inscription

lower left: R. Earl / 1788

Provenance

By descent from the sitter to Frank Bartow West [1869-1942], Macon, Georgia; to his son, Addison Tinsley West [1897-1985], Orlando, Florida;[1] sold 21 February 1963 to (Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York); purchased 15 March 1963 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[2] gift 1965 to NGA.

[1] Edward Francis Frémaux de Beixedon, Jr., The Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. David Rogers, n.p, 1921, repro. opp., with owner's name; information from Addison West's daughter Elizabeth H. Reed, Orlando, Florida, 1991.

[2] Letter from Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., 17 May 1991 (in NGA curatorial file).

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
West, Addison Tinsley
West, Frank Bartow

Exhibition History

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar Williams and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Inc., Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 2.

1980: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1980-1982.

1989: Men and Women: Dressing the Part, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., 1989-1991, no cat.

1991: Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1991-1992, 142-144, no. 24.

Bibliography

1921: de Beixedon, Jr., Edward Francis Frémaux. The Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. David Rogers. 1921: repro. opp. 106.

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. Museum of Arts and Crafts, Inc., Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969: no. 2.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 54, repro., as Martha Tennent Rogers and Daughter.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 151, repro.

1988: Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. Ralph Earl: Artist-Entrepreneur. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988: 121-122, 314-315.

1991: Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin. Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. New Haven, London, and Hartford, 1991: 142-144, no. 24.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 168, repro.

1995: Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 94-96, color repro. 95.