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Thomas Skynner

Eliza Welch Stone, c. 1845

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.7 x 61.2 cm (30 3/16 x 24 1/8 in.)

framed: 89.5 x 72 x 5.7 cm (35 1/4 x 28 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.56

Artists / Makers

Thomas Skynner (artist) American, active 1840/1852

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Provenance

Recorded as from New York. Purchased in 1951 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 45. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 12.

1975: American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no cat.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 222, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 337, 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: 354-355, color repro. 353.

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