2023.165: William Young

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.165

People

James Peale, American (Chestertown, MD 1749 - 1831 Philadelphia, PA)

Title

William Young

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1817

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/379679

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

91.1 × 71.2 cm (35 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
frame: 107 × 85.5 cm (42 1/8 × 33 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right: Ja. Peale / 1817

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

William Young, by descent; to Rachel Anderson Young, his wife, 1829, by descent; to John Jr. and Eliza Melville Young McAllister, their daughter; by descent. [H.V. Allison Galleries, Inc., New York]. Private collection, Dallas, sold [through Christie's, New York, November 30, 2006, lot 112]; to Daniel and Susan Pollack; [Christie's, New York, January 29, 2023, lot 223, bought in]; gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Pollack Collection, gift of Daniel A. Pollack AB ’60 and Susan F. Pollack AB ’64

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.165

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817 to 1987, auct. cat., H. V. Allison Galleries (New York, 1988), pp. 6-7, cat. no. 1, repr. p. 6
• Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, November 30, 2006), p. 141, lot no. 112, repr.
• From Peale to Peto: American Masters from the Pollack Collection, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, January 19, 2023), lot 223, repr.

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