John Randolph

1829

Chester Harding

Artist, American, 1792 - 1866

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.)
    framed: 92.9 x 80.7 x 7.9 cm (36 9/16 x 31 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1940.1.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter [1773-1833], Roanoke, Virginia; presented to William Leigh, Halifax, Virginia;[1] his son, J.R. Leigh, Halifax, Virginia; his son, Judge William Leigh, Danville, Virginia; his son, John Randolph Leigh [1895-1961], Danville, Virginia, by 1928;[2] consigned by January 1937 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[3] sold 21 January 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1940 to NGA.
[1] William Leigh was one of the executors of John Randolph's will.
[2] Provenance information conveyed by John Randolph Leigh, 1927 and 1928, is recorded in the Frick Art Reference Library, New York.
[3] According to a letter of 6 June 1992 from Melissa De Meideros, Librarian at M. Knoedler (in NGA curatorial files), the painting was consigned by John Randolph Leigh sometime between December 1936 and January 1937. The exact date is not recorded.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Makers of History in Washington 1800-1950 [An Exhibition Celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the Establishment of the Federal Government in Washington], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1950, no. 16, repro.

1952

  • [Opening exhibition of new art gallery], Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat.

1953

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.

1955

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

Bibliography

1922

  • Bruce, William Cabell. John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833. 2 vols. New York and London, 1922. Reprint. New York, 1970: 2:68.

1929

  • Harding, Chester. A Sketch of Chester Harding, Artist, Drawn by His Own Hand. Edited by Margaret E. White. New ed. Boston, 1929: 150.

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 96, no. 493.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 249, repro. 7.

1944

  • Richardson, Edgar P. American Romantic Painting. New York, 1944: 34, no. 57, repro.

1949

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 145, repro.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 64, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 169, repro.

1985

  • Lipton, Leah. A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville. Washington, D.C., 1985: 86, repro. 177.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 193, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 251-253, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185654

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