Provenance
Rufus W. Griswold [1815-1857], in 1854.[1] James C. McGuire [1812-1888], Washington;[2] bequest September 1888 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Griswold lent the painting to an exhibition at the National Academy of Design in New York in 1854; he was an anthologist, editor, poet, and critic.
[2] McGuire, a major collector, was one of the original trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Accession Number
2015.19.120
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 61.6 × 51.12 cm (24 1/4 × 20 1/8 in.) | framed: 79.38 × 69.22 × 7.62 cm (31 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James C. McGuire)