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J.C. Robinson

Portrait of an Old Lady, 1848

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 66 x 55.3 cm (26 x 21 3/4 in.)

framed: 86.7 x 76.2 x 5.7 cm (34 1/8 x 30 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.15

Artists / Makers

J.C. Robinson (artist) American, active 1848

Image Use

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Inscription

center left: B. [ ] / June 4 / 1784

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 95.

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

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 94, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 215, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 271, 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: 321, repro. 323.

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