Rear Admiral George W. Melville

Provenance

Susan Macdowell Eakins [Mrs. Thomas Eakins, 1851-1938], Philadelphia; Millicent Rogers [1902-1953], New York; her son, Count Peter A. Salm, New York;[1] sold 29 April 1983 through (Lothar Dohna, New York) to Mr. and Mrs. H. John Heinz III, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; gift (partial and promised) 1991 to NGA. [1] Mrs. Rogers died in 1953. In her will there is no mention of the painting among the effects bequeathed by her to her son, Peter Salm.

Rear Admiral George W. Melville

Eakins, Thomas

1905

Accession Number

1991.33.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 101.6 x 68.5 cm (40 x 26 15/16 in.) | framed: 115.6 x 82.6 x 5.1 cm (45 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift (Partial and Promised) of Senator and Mrs. H. John Heinz III, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art