Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller (Mrs. George Fuller)

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.

Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller (Mrs. George Fuller)

Fuller, George

c. 1877

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

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Given in memory of the sitter's granddaughter, Agnes Gordon Hilton