Inscriptions
Stamped on the back panel of each of the vertical members of the frame: "S. WADE"
Provenance
The sitter Daniel Waldo (1724–1808); to his wife, Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (1731–1811); to her unmarried children, Daniel Waldo (1763–1845), Elizabeth Waldo (1765–1845), Sarah Waldo (1767–1851), and Rebecca Waldo (1771–1840). Bequeathed by Sarah Waldo to her niece Rebecca Lincoln Newton (Mrs. Rejoice Newton) (d. 1855); her daughter Hester Newton Wetherell (Mrs. John W. Wetherell) (d. 1899); on deposit from the estate of Hester Newton to the Worcester Art Museum, 1899; given by the estate of Newton to the Museum, 1922.2
References
Tuckerman 1867, 42.
Worcester Art Society 1880, n.p.
Worcester Art Society 1891, n.p.
Lincoln 1902, I, 162, opp. 162.
Earle 1910, I, xiv, 554, 555.
L[ ]. 1915, 8
Bayley 1917b, n.p.
Historic Houses of Worcester 1919, 20.
Nutt 1919, I, 254.
Worcester 1922, 188.
Worcester Annual Report, 1923, 15.
Forbes 1930a, 4.
Coburn 1933, 138.
American Portraits 1939, II, 426, cat. no. 2247.
"The Salisbury Collection," Worcester News Bulletin 4: 6 (March 1939), n.p.
Dresser 1949a, 29.
Dresser 1949b, 110, 137, 159, 160, 161.
Robie 1949, 52.
Sadik 1966, 89, 106.
Dresser 1971, 476.
Sadik 1976, 18, 19, 33, 52, 64, 65, 66.
Exhibitions
Oil Paintings & Water Colors of the Third Annual Exhibition of the Worcester Art Society, held in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Society, April 1880, cat. no. 53.
Loan Collection of Portraits Exhibited by the Worcester Art Society, held in the New Public Library Building, Worcester Art Society, March 31–April 1891, cat. no. 5.
Christian Gullager, 1759–1826, Worcester Art Museum, June 18–September 6, 1949, cat. no. 21.
Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, April 23–September 20, 1976, cat. no. 9.
Notes
1. This portrait has also been attributed to John Smibert (Tuckerman 1867, 42); to John Singleton Copley (Worcester Art Society 1880, n.p.); and to John Johnston (L[ ]. 1915, [5], 8). The portrait was correctly attributed to Christian Gullager in Forbes 1930a, 4, 13, but the illustration represents a portrait of Rebecca Salisbury Waldo that is by an unknown artist (Worcester Art Museum). Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo) has also been published as Mrs. Daniel Waldo (Earle 1910, 555); Mrs. Daniel Waldo (Rebecca Salisbury) (Sadik 1976, 18); Mrs. Daniel Waldo Sr. (Rebecca Salisbury) (Worcester Art Society 1891, n.p.); Mrs. Rebecca (Salisbury) Waldo (Lincoln 1902, I, opp. 162); Portrait (Mrs. Daniel Waldo) (Worcester Art Society 1880, n.p.); Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Waldo, Sr. (Worcester 1922, 188); and Rebecca (Salisbury) Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo) (Dresser 1949b, 160).
2. Lincoln 1902, I, 162–63, 279; and Dresser 1949b, 159. |
