John and Abigail Montgomery, 1836

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Medium

transparent and opaque watercolor and ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sight size: 22.2 x 35.3 cm (8 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1967.20.8

Artists / Makers

Joseph H. Davis (artist) American, active 1832/1837

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Inscription

across bottom: John Montgomery. Aged 56 march 6th / Abigail Montgomery. Aged 52 Septemr 26th; lower center: PAINTEDAT / STRAFFORD / RIDGE. MAY 22 / -1836-

Exhibition History

1971: Twenty-five Folk Artists: Their Lives and Work, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1971, no cat.

1973: American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Holland Union, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1973, exhibition guide (copy not located).

Bibliography

1966: 101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 83.

1974: Savage, Gail, Norbert H. Savage and Esther Sparks. Three New England watercolor painters. Art Institute of Chicago, 1974: 14.