Provenance
Leman family, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; by descent to Adelia Leman [1857-1947], Lancaster, grandniece of the artist.[1] Acquired, likely purchased from Adelia Leman's estate, in 1948 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York, and Cambridge, Maryland; gift 1953 to NGA.
[1] Helen W. Henderson's opening comments in the brochure accompanying the 1943 exhibition _Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842, American Artist_ at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, report: "A peculiarly touching incident was a visit to the outskirts of Lancaster to see the collection of a grandniece of the painter's. She sat in her bower surrounded by these souvenirs of a rich past. A particularly charming phase of the artist's work is a series of small oval portraits on wood. Many of them are family portraits and we were fortunate in procuring four from her collection."
Accession Number
1953.5.13
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.) | framed: 33.7 x 28.6 x 4.3 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch