Provenance
The artist, Deerfield, Massachusetts; his estate until 1911; the sitter [1838-1924], Deerfield, Massachusetts.[1] her daughter, Agnes Gordon Fuller Tack [Mrs. Augustus Vincent Tack], Deerfield, Massachusetts; gift 1948 to NGA.
[2] Letter of 24 January 1992 from Jeffrey Goodhue Legler, great-great-grandson of the artist (in NGA curatorial files), provides provenance information and states that the sitter's will directed that the portrait be given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Instead, it seems to have passed to her daughter.
Accession Number
1948.1.1
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 69 x 56 cm (27 3/16 x 22 1/16 in.) | framed: 81.3 x 66.7 x 8.3 cm (32 x 26 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Given in memory of the sitter's granddaughter, Agnes Gordon Hilton