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).
Martha Tennent Rogers (Mrs. David Rogers) and Her Son, probably Samuel Henry Rogers
1788
Accession Number
1965.15.9
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.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch