Provenance
A private collection in the Philadelphia area; Frank S. Schwarz and Son, Philadelphia.3
References
Schwarz 1980, cat. no. 21.
Worcester Journal 5 (19882): 88.
Andrews 1982, addendum to the checklist, n.p.
Karen M. Jones, ed., "Collectors Notes," Antiques 132: 5 (November 1982): 1095.
Exhibitions
John Ritto Penniman (17821841): An Ingenious New England Artist, Worcester Art Museum, February 26April 25, 1982, addendum to the checklist.
Notes
1. This portrait has also been published as the work of still-life painter John F. Francis (18081886), in Schwarz 1980, cat. no. 21. It was reattributed by Penniman scholar Carol Damon Andrews.
2. Wood identification is based on a scientific analysis of the cell structure by dendrologist R. Bruce Hoadley, January 5, 2000.
3. The Worcester Art Museum purchased Pennimans portraits of Elizabeth and Henry Nolen from the Schwarz Gallery in 1982. According to Robert Schwarz in a conversation with David R. Brigham, July 26, 2000, the gallery acquired the portraits from a family living in one of the mainline suburbs of Philadelphia. The paintings had not descended in the family of the previous owner, and the gallery received no further provenance information. Labels on the reverse of each panel and frame indicate that the portraits passed through the Newman Galleries in Philadelphia, but they do not appear to have owned the paintings. |