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Olivia Simes Morris
by James Peale
Provenance
Olivia Simes Morris (1790–1838), Philadelphia; by descent to her daughter, Elizabeth Morris Sellers (1810–1895), Philadelphia; by descent to her son, Alfred Harrold Sellers (1838–1911), Philadelphia, then Los Angeles; by descent to his son, Frank Harrold Sellers (1864–1939), Chicago; by descent to his spouse, Mary Morley Sellers (1870–1940), Chicago; by descent to her estate, 1940; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1940.
Exhibition history
Carson Pirie Scott & Co.: window display, Apr. 14–30, 1952. Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Nineteenth–Century American Paintings: a Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 5–Apr. 24, 1966; Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, May 19–June 5, 1966; Muscatine, Iowa, Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum, July 24–Oct. 2, 1966; Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Nov. 30, 1966–Jan. 8, 1967. Art Institute of Chicago, American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic: Furniture, Paintings and Silver from the Private Collections in the Chicago Area , July 17–Sept. 13, 1971, cat. 88.
Publications
David A. Hanks and Charles E. Buckley, American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic: Furniture, Paintings and Silver from Private Collections in the Chicago Area, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), 69, cat. 88 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- James Peale (American, 1749–1831)
- Date
- 1814
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 71.8 × 61 cm (28 3/4 × 24 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- Philadelphia
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mary Morley Sellers
- Accession no.
- 1940.1324
More by James Peale in museum collections
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