Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton, 1846

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 91.8 x 74.2 cm (36 1/8 x 29 3/16 in.)

framed: 127 x 108 x 11.4 cm (50 x 42 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Eugene S. Pleasonton

Accession Number

1957.9.1

Artists / Makers

John Neagle (artist) American, 1796 - 1865

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Provenance

The sitter's son, Alfred Pleasonton, Philadelphia; deposited by him at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Francis S. Pleasonton, brother of the previous owner; his son, Eugene S. Pleasonton [d. 1972], New York and Worton, Maryland, by 1923; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Pleasonton, Alfred
Pleasonton, Eugene S.
Pleasonton, Francis S.

Exhibition History

1847: Exhibition of paintings, statues and casts, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1847, no. 67.

1925: Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925, no. 121.

1954: Loan for display with permanent collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1954-1955.

1954: The Sword in America, 1000-1954, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 1954-1955, no cat. [per donor records; neither museum can confirm the painting was in the exhibition].

1986: Extended loan for use by the White House Preservation Office in the ceremonial office of the Vice President, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1986-1997.

1997: Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2001: Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly Old Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 2001-2007; 2008-2009.

2012: Extended loan for use by Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 2012-2017.

Bibliography

1925: Fielding, Mantle. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle. Exh. cat. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925: no. 121, 148.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 84, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 201, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 105, repro. 106.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 240, repro.

1998: Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 30-33, color repro.