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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.179
People
William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)
Title
Susan Heard Oliver Dabney
Other Titles
Former Title: Mrs. Beevor as a Child
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1865-1866
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311165

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.6 x 44.5 cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
framed: 77.5 x 68.6 x 3.3 cm (30 1/2 x 27 x 1 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • exhibition label: on verso: BMFA.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Susan Heard Oliver Dabney Beevor, London; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Susan Heard Oliver Beevor
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.179
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paintings by the Late William Morris Hunt in the East Gallery, exh. cat. (April-Oct 1980), cat. 2
  • Exhibition of the Works of William Morris Hunt, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1880), cat. 44
  • Martha J. Hoppin, "William Morris Hunt: Aspects of his Work" (1974), Unpublished and Harvard University, p. 100, fig. 102
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 272, cat. 219, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of the Works of William Morris Hunt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 12/20/1879 - 01/31/1880
  • Paintings by the Late William Morris Hunt in the East Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 04/01/1880 - 10/31/1880

Verification Level

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