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oil paint (paint)69 × 91 Cm
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Charles Willson Peale was a prominent figure in the cultural and scientific life of Philadelphia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He established his own museum dedicated to the arts and natural sciences and helped found the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805. Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. is a tender portrait of mother and child. The natural backdrop and sprig of flowers in the boy’s hand signal a domestic bond. Mrs. Nicholson’s uncorseted dress and freely coiffed hair (without a wig) likewise speak to the humanistic ideals of the Enlightenment.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 69 × 91 Cm |
| Tags | fashionchildrenpeopleportraits |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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by descent to Frances Sophia Duncan Nicholson (John Jr....
by descent to Frances Sophia Duncan Nicholson (John Jr.’s daughter) and husband, Hon. Robert N. Ogden, 1848
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Hannah Duncan Nicholson, 1790
Hannah Duncan Nicholson, 1790
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by descent to John Nicholson, Jr....
by descent to John Nicholson, Jr. and wife, Anne Galbreth, 1823
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Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960...
Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
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given by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.
given by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.
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by descent to the Ogden family 1893....
by descent to the Ogden family 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Jr., Chicago, by 1952
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Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998).
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exhibition
Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery, Charles Willson Peale and His World, Nov. 4, 1982–Jan. 2, 1983, no. 158, cat. by Edgar P. Richardson, p. 216 ill.; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, Feb. 11–Apr. 3, 1982; New York...
Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery, Charles Willson Peale and His World, Nov. 4, 1982–Jan. 2, 1983, no. 158, cat. by Edgar P. Richardson, p. 216 ill.; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, Feb. 11–Apr. 3, 1982; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 6–Sept. 4, 1983.
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Edgar P. Richardson,
Edgar P. Richardson, (Abrams, Inc., 1982), cat. no. 158, p. 216 ill.
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Charles Coleman Sellers, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 59
Charles Coleman Sellers, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 59 (1969), p. 74.
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