Charlotte Cushman [graphic] / Thomas Sully.
1843
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Title
Charlotte Cushman [graphic] / Thomas Sully.
Created/published
1843.
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 20 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (51.4 x 44 cm) + frame ca. 26.5 x 24 in.
Associated name
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872, artist.
Cushman, Edwin Charles, 1838- former owner.
Cushman, Louise, former owner.
Cushman, Victor N., former owner.
Cushman, Edwin Charles, 1838- former owner.
Cushman, Louise, former owner.
Cushman, Victor N., former owner.
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Leach 1970, p. 133, repr. following p. 178.
Provenance
Provenance: Commissioned by Charlotte Cushman; by descent to her nephew and adopted son, Edwin Charles Cushman; by descent to his wife; by descent to their son, Victor N. Cushman; by descent to his wife, who was the daughter of Sen. Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio.
Source of acquisition
Gift, Mrs. Victor N. Cushman, 24 September 1936.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (now National Museum of American Art), National Museum Building, "Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures and Silver," 5 December 1925-3 January 1926, no. 68; 'As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct. 28, 1993-Feb. 15, 1994.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 19)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 19)
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 125 (Plate 23)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPb47
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPb47 (rack 103-A1)
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
5055