Jane Cutler Doane

Provenance

The sitter's son, James Cutler Doane [1788-1878], Cohasset, MA;[1] his granddaughter, Harriet Doane [b. 1866], Southboro, MA; sold in about 1920 to (Dwight Prouty, Boston);[2] (Brooks Reed);[3] (Israel Sack, New York);[4] (James P. Labey, New York).[5] (Sale, 16 February 1929, James P. Silo, New York, no. 334); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[6] gift 1943 to NGA. [1] For his dates see Alfred Alder Doane, _The Doane Family: Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth; Doctor John Done, of Maryland; and their Descendants_, Boston, 1902, 422-423. [2] Letter from Harriet Doane to James W. Lane, 6 September 1948 (NGA curatorial file). John Howland described Prouty as a collector; letter, 18 September 1940, Frick Art Reference Library. [3] Letter from John Howland, dated 17 August 1947, to Chester Dale (NGA curatorial file). [4] This information is found on an undated note possibly made when the painting was in the Chester Dale collection (NGA curatorial file). [5] National Gallery of Art, _Paintings other Than French in the Chester Dale Collection_, Washington, 1965, 26. Labey was described as a dealer in his obituary in _The New York Times_, 27 October 1946, 62. [6] A label on the reverse gives the auctioneer's name; a second label has the lot number, 2792-1.

Jane Cutler Doane

American 18th Century

c. 1783

Accession Number

1943.1.4

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 102.2 x 83.5 cm (40 1/4 x 32 7/8 in.) | framed: 119.4 x 101.6 x 7.6 cm (47 x 40 x 3 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection