To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard

Provenance

The artist; her daughter, Mrs. Emily C. Albright Knight, by 1886.[1] (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); sold 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1971 to NGA. [1] Salome Hensel later became Mrs. George Albright. According to donor records, the artist's daughter and her husband, Dr. H.D. Knight, had the painting framed in November 1886.

To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard

Hensel, Salome

1823

Accession Number

1971.83.22

Medium

watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)

Dimensions

overall: 63.5 x 82.6 cm (25 x 32 1/2 in.) | framed: 76.5 x 96.8 x 5 cm (30 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

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