Painter:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Budd, Thomas  Search this

Budd, Mary W  Search this

Budd, Samuel W., Jr  Search this

Budd, William  Search this

Budd, Ann  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1959.11.8 (1543)

Date:

Ca. 1818

Notes:

Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992.

National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.

"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.

Summary:

Portrait group of five children, most likely of Samuel Woolston Budd (1781-1854). The youngest holds a cat; the eldest holds a book. The children most probably are (from left to right): Thomas (b. ca. 1813), Mary W. (1810-1843), Samuel W., Jr. (1812-1846), William (b. ca. 1814), and the seated baby, Ann (1817-1895).

Topic:

Portrait group--Family--Siblings  Search this

Portrait male--Child  Search this

Portrait female--Child  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Animal--Cat  Search this

Primitive  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08600718

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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