Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.32
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Cavalier's Return
Object Number:
1914.2
Date:
1847
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/2 x 30 in. (72.4 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 39 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 4 in. (39 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 4 in.)
Bibliography:
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists, American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 408-10.
Greenhouse, Wendy, The American Portrayal of Tudor and Stuart History, 1835-1865, Vol. I, A Dissertation Presented to the Faulty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, May 1989, p. 291.
Johns, Elizabeth, American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991, p. 241
Heyrman, Joy Peterson, ed. New Eyes on America The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville. Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, 2012.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Kate Warner
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
