John Bard

1796/1801

Sharples Family

Artist, American

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on gray wove(?) paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Louise Alida Livingston

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 24.2 x 18.9 cm (9 1/2 x 7 7/16 in.)
    framed: 31.1 x 26 x 4.1 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1968.1.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Livingston; bequest of Mrs. Livingston to the NGA, 1968.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1930

  • Knox, Katharine McCook. The Sharples: Their Portraits of George Washington and His Contemporaries. New Haven, 1930, p. 95 (as Dr. Samuel Bard; "the work of either James or Ellen Sharples").

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 98, repro.

1996

  • Metz, Kathryn. "Ellen and Rolinda Sharples: Mother and Daughter Painters." Woman's Art Journal 16 (1995): 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64536812

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