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John Hilling

Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine, c. 1854

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 46.5 x 61.8 cm (18 5/16 x 24 5/16 in.)

framed: 55.8 x 71.1 x 5 cm (21 15/16 x 28 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1958.9.7

Artists / Makers

John Hilling (painter) British, 1822 - 1894

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Provenance

Recorded as from Maine. Purchased in 1948 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 71, as artist unkown. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Luncerne, Switzerland.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washingotn, 1954, no. 92, as artist unknown.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 92, as artist unknown.

1958: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1962: Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 36, as artist unkown.

1963: Maine and Its Artists 1710-1963, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1963-1964, no. 8, as artist unkown.

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1997: Loan for display with permanent collection, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, 1997.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 130, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 268, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 203, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 198-200, color repro. 199.

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