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Property from the Oak Ridge Collection of J.J. Ryan
CHARLES PEALE POLK (1767-1822)
George Washington at Princeton
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CHARLES PEALE POLK (1767-1822)
George Washington at Princeton
an old paper label numbered and inscribed No. 53. C: Polk / Painter.; another inscribed Mrs. Eliza C. Tschud (affixed to stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 ¾ in. (91.4 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1793.
George Washington at Princeton
an old paper label numbered and inscribed No. 53. C: Polk / Painter.; another inscribed Mrs. Eliza C. Tschud (affixed to stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 ¾ in. (91.4 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1793.
Provenance
Colonel William Clemm (1755-1809), Baltimore, Maryland
Elizabeth (Clemm) Tschudi (1793-1868), Baltimore, daughter
James H. Tschudi (1825-1878), Ohio and St. Louis, son
Mary G. Von (Tschudi) Price (1856-after 1912), St Louis and New York
N.B. Davis
Macbeth Galleries, New York
Edward Coykendall (1871-1949), Kingston, New York, by purchase from above, 1921
Milch Galleries, New York, 1949
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York
J.J. Ryan, Oak Ridge Estate, Arrington, Virginia, acquired from the above
By descent to the present owner from the above, 1970
Elizabeth (Clemm) Tschudi (1793-1868), Baltimore, daughter
James H. Tschudi (1825-1878), Ohio and St. Louis, son
Mary G. Von (Tschudi) Price (1856-after 1912), St Louis and New York
N.B. Davis
Macbeth Galleries, New York
Edward Coykendall (1871-1949), Kingston, New York, by purchase from above, 1921
Milch Galleries, New York, 1949
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York
J.J. Ryan, Oak Ridge Estate, Arrington, Virginia, acquired from the above
By descent to the present owner from the above, 1970
Literature
William Harrison Polk, Polk Family & Kinsmen (Louisville, 1912), pp. 712-715, illustrated.
"Good Natured George," Chicago Tribune, February 18, 1962, p. 176
Linda Crocker Simmons, Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and His Likeness (Washington, D.C., 1981), pp. 30, 52, no. 23, illustrated.
Frick Art Research Library (FARL).
"Good Natured George," Chicago Tribune, February 18, 1962, p. 176
Linda Crocker Simmons, Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and His Likeness (Washington, D.C., 1981), pp. 30, 52, no. 23, illustrated.
Frick Art Research Library (FARL).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The White House, circa 1962-1992.
Washington, D.C, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and His Likenesses, 17 July–6 September 1981, no. 23; also, Williamsburg, Virginia, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 27 September–19 November 1981; Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, 11 December 1981–12 February 1982; Chattanooga, Tennessee, 28 February–18 April 1982; Sandwich, Massachusetts, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 10 May–15 October 1982.
Washington, D.C, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and His Likenesses, 17 July–6 September 1981, no. 23; also, Williamsburg, Virginia, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 27 September–19 November 1981; Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, 11 December 1981–12 February 1982; Chattanooga, Tennessee, 28 February–18 April 1982; Sandwich, Massachusetts, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 10 May–15 October 1982.
Brought to you by
Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana