Details
| Artist | John Hesselius, American, 1728-1778 |
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| Date | between 1772 and 1775 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 29 3/8 × 24 3/8 inches (74.6 × 61.9 cm) Framed: 34 × 28 3/4 × 2 inches (86.4 × 73 × 5.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. |
| Accession Number | 44.140 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | American W272, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Label, on back of frame: Dr. J.E.M. Chamberlaine, Easton, Maryland |
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Provenance
until 1786, the sitter, Thomas Chamberlaine;
Samuel Chamberlaine;
his son, Samuel Chamberlaine, Jr.;
his son, Dr. James E. Muse Chamberlaine;
his daughter, Elizabeth Bullock Hayward;
her son, J. Chamberlaine Hayward.
M. Knoedler Co. (New York, New York, USA)
1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Samuel Chamberlaine;
his son, Samuel Chamberlaine, Jr.;
his son, Dr. James E. Muse Chamberlaine;
his daughter, Elizabeth Bullock Hayward;
her son, J. Chamberlaine Hayward.
M. Knoedler Co. (New York, New York, USA)
1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Burroughs, Clyde H. "Thomas Chamberlaine by Hohn Hesselius." Bulletin of the DIA 24, 2 (April 1944): pp. 22-23. [Incorrectly identified here as the elder Thomas Chamberlaine (1731-1764), father of the sitter.]
J. Hall Pleasants Memorial Exhibition. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1958, no. 11.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1: Works by Artists Born Before 1816. New York, 1991, pp. 126-127, no. 54 (ill.).
J. Hall Pleasants Memorial Exhibition. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1958, no. 11.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1: Works by Artists Born Before 1816. New York, 1991, pp. 126-127, no. 54 (ill.).
