Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth HelgesonCC0 (public domain) · 8,613 × 9,879 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF

1803 · Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Andrew Bedford Bankson and Son, Gunning Bedford Bankson

Joshua JohnsonWikidata

painting by Joshua Johnson

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Date
1803Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: c. 1805
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
82.9 × 72.8 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 96.5 × 81.3 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
Gallery
Gallery 161Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
portraitWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1998.315Wikidata
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth HelgesonArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1998 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter, Sept. 26, 1987–Jan. 3, 1988, cat. 20; Williamsburg, VA, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Jan. 17–May 15, 1988; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, June 18–Aug. 25, 1988; Stamford, CT, Whitney Museum of American Art (branch), Sept. 9–Nov. 9, 1988.
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