James Francis Smith as a Child (1834-1904)
attributed to Isaac Sheffield, American, 1798 - 1845
about 1833-1834
Oil on canvas
Overall: 29 15/16 × 24 in. (76 × 61 cm)
Frame: 34 × 28 in. (86.4 × 71.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Richard Halsey Goddard, Class of 1920
P.960.74.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
American 19th Century Paintings, Beaumont Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-31, 1974.
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Hail, Holy Land: The Idea of America, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 27-September 7, 1980.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26, 1996-June 22, 1997.
On Loan to the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, date unknown until 1960.
Provenance
By descent in the family (the donor is the grand-nephew of the sitter); Professor Richard Halsey Goddard (1897-1983), Dartmouth Physics Department; given to present collection, 1960.
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