Captain Samuel Chandler

Provenance

Captain Winthrop Chandler, Woodstock, Connecticut; by inheritance to John Paine, nephew of Mrs. Samuel Chandler;[1] his son, John Paine, Jr.; his son, John Merrick Paine; his son, Dr. Robert Child Paine, Thompson, Connecticut; his widow, Mrs. Robert Child Paine; her children, Mrs. Prudence Paine Kwiecien, Hamilton Child Paine, and Agnes C. Paine, Thompson, Connecticut, who lent it to the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, from 2 June 1947 to 7 November 1955; purchased 1955 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1964 to NGA. [1] John Paine was raised by Capt. and Mrs. (née Anna Paine) Chandler, who had no children of their own. Paine thus inherited Chandler's 300-acre farm as well as the portraits of the Captain and his wife, painted by Chandler's brother around 1780.

Captain Samuel Chandler

Chandler, Winthrop

c. 1780

Accession Number

1964.23.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 139 x 121.7 cm (54 3/4 x 47 15/16 in.) | framed: 155.6 x 137.8 x 5.3 cm (61 1/4 x 54 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch