Provenance
Charles Henry Hart [1847-1918], New York; his widow Mrs. Charles Henry Hart; sold 29 May 1920 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection on 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1923
- Exhibition of Portraits By Early American Portrait Painters, The Union League Club, New York, 1923, no. 6, as Isaac Motte.
- 1928
- Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue, as Isaac Motte.
- 1948
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1948.
- 1949
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1949.
- 1950
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1950.
- 1951
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1951.
- 1952
- [Opening exhibition], Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1952, no. cat.
- 1952
- Opening Exhibition of The George Thomas Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga Art Association, Tennessee, 1952, unnumbered.
- 1953
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.
- 1955
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.
- 1956
- American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956.
- 1963
- Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1963, no. 34.
- 1967
- National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 3.
- 1972
- Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1972-1974.
- 1978
- Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Dublin, Ireland, 1978-1981.
Bibliography
- 1923
- Exhibition of Portraits By Early American Portrait Painters, Exh. cat. The Union League Club, New York, 1923: no. 6.
- 1928
- Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered, as Isaac Motte.
- 1951
- Middleton, Margaret Simons. "Jeremiah Theus of Charles Town." Antiques 60, no. 2 (August 1951): repro. 104.
- 1952
- Opening Exhibition of the George Thomas Hunter Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Chattanooga Art Association, 1952: unnumbered.
- 1953
- Middleton, Margaret Simons. Jeremiah Theus, Colonial Artist of Charles Town. Columbia, South Carolina, 1953: 151-152.
- 1963
- Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition. Exh. cat. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1963: no. 34.
- 1967
- National Gallery Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat. Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967. In special issue of Mint Museum of Art Quarterly (Fall 1967): no. 3, repro.
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 116, repro.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 248, repro.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 367, repro.
- 1995
- Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 292-294, color repro. 293.
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