Inscription
center left on roof of turreted building: DABNY
Provenance
Recorded as from Philadelphia.[1] (Walter Wallace, city unknown), by whom sold in 1956 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1968.
Exhibition History
- 1958
- American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 59, 38, as Northwestern Town by Unknown.
- 1962
- Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 17.
- 1970
- Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1970-1973.
- 1982
- Extended loan for use by Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1982-1987.
- 1989
- Extended loan for use by Carla Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.
- 1993
- Extended loan for use by Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994.
- 1995
- Extended loan for use by Secretary William M. Daley, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1995-1997.
- 2001
- Extended loan for use by Vice President Richard Cheney, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2001.
- 2005
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Samuel Bodman, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 2005-2008.
Bibliography
- 1958
- American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions. Exh. cat. Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958: no. 59, 38, as Northwestern Town by Unknown.
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 142, repro., as Northwestern Town by Unknown 19th Century American.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 285, repro., as Northwestern Town by Unknown 19th Century American.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 431, 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: 619-622, repro. 621.
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