Little Miss Fairfield, 1850

Not on View

oil on canvas

overall: 61 x 50.9 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.)

framed: 67.9 x 57.4 x 5 cm (26 3/4 x 22 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

1971.83.9

William Matthew Prior (artist) American, 1806 - 1873

on reverse (no longer visible, photograph in NGA curatorial files): Child of Fairfield, Esqr. By W. M. Prior, Jan. 1850; 36 Trenton St.

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. (Leon F.S. Stark, Philadelphia); sold 1969 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1971 to NGA.

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Stark, Leon F.S.
Unknown Patron

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1980: Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America, organized by Museum of American Folk Art, NGA loans shown at The New-York Historical Society, New York, 1980-1981, no. 219, color repro. (cat. by Sandra Brant and Elissa Cullman).

1981: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 1, color repro. on cover (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 50, color repro. Fist 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. 50, repro.

2012: Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed, Fenimore Art Museum, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown; American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2012, no. 39, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 213, repro.

1983: Wertzenkorn, Laurie. "The Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art." Antiques (September 1983): 486-491, pl. 3.

1991: Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 291, color repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 267, 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: 301, 304, color repro. 303.