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Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan
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oil paint (paint)72 × 82 Cm
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Joshua Johnson portrayed his fashionably dressed sitter Elizabeth Beatty wearing a circlet of glass beads that accentuates her brown hair and gray eyes. The child’s clothes are equally elegant: she sports a high-waisted, white-muslin gown and holds a brightly colored strawberry, a delicacy often featured in the artist’s portraits. Johnson was the first known Black painter to gain professional recognition in the United States. Listed in the 1816 Baltimore city directory as a “free householder of Colour,” he had been freed by his enslaver (and father) around 1782 after apprenticing as a blacksmith. Described as “self-taught” in a newspaper advertisement, Johnson attracted local patrons among the city’s artisan and middle-class families.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 72 × 82 Cm |
| Tags | fashionchildrenfamiliesportraitspeople |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (1775–1851
Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (1775–1851
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born Frances King, also Mrs....
born Frances King, also Mrs. Hugh C. Montgomery)
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previously Elizabeth Grant Bankson Wilmans) and James Beatty (1770–1851), Baltimore, MD
previously Elizabeth Grant Bankson Wilmans) and James Beatty (1770–1851), Baltimore, MD
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Margaret Rose Vendryes, “Race Identity/ Identifying Race: Robert S. Duncanson and Nineteenth–Century American Painting, <em>Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 27, no. 1
Margaret Rose Vendryes, “Race Identity/ Identifying Race: Robert S. Duncanson and Nineteenth–Century American Painting, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 27, no. 1 (2001), 82–99, fig. 3 (ill.), as Mrs. Andrew Bedford Bankson and Son, Gunning Bedford Bankson, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4102840.
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by descent to his daughter, Frances Cary Montgomery (1911–1988
by descent to his daughter, Frances Cary Montgomery (1911–1988
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Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” <em>Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 24, no. 2
Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, no. 2 (1999): 185, as Mrs. Andrew Bedford Bankson and Son, Gunning Bedford Bankson, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4112968.
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Andrew J. Walker, “Portfolio,” <em>Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 24, no. 2
Andrew J. Walker, “Portfolio,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, no. 2 (1999): 189, cat. 1 (ill.), as Mrs. Andrew Bedford Bankson and Son, Gunning Bedford Bankson, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4112968.
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by descent to private collection, Tennessee, by 1998
by descent to private collection, Tennessee, by 1998
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with Washburn Gallery, New York, by 1998 [incoming receipt, RX21976, May 21, 1998
with Washburn Gallery, New York, by 1998 [incoming receipt, RX21976, May 21, 1998
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sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
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exhibition
Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, <em>Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter</em>, Sept. 26, 1987–Jan. 3, 1988, cat. 20; Williamsburg, VA, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Jan. 17–May 15...
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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Carolyn J. Weekley, ed., <em>Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter</em>, exh. cat.
Carolyn J. Weekley, ed., Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter, exh. cat. (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1987), 116, cat. 20 (ill.).
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by descent through the family to Hugh Purviance King (1872–1966), Long Island City, NY, by 1966 [this and the following according to gallery invoice
by descent through the family to Hugh Purviance King (1872–1966), Long Island City, NY, by 1966 [this and the following according to gallery invoice
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