Edward Savage
The Washington Family
1796213.6 x 284.2 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Family portrait
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 539
Provenance
The artist
purchased from his estate, 14 November 1820, by Ethan Allen Greenwood (1779-1856), Boston
sold 1839 to Moses Kimball (1809-1895), Boston, with the contents of the New England Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts
sold December 1891 to Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York
sold 1892 to William Frederick Havemeyer (1850-1913), New York
National Democratic Club, New York
sold 15 December 1922 to Art House, Inc., New York
Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931), New York
his estate
sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through M. Knoedler & Co., New York, to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1940 to NGA