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).