John Quincy Adams

1850

George Caleb Bingham American, 1811-1879

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Title John Quincy Adams

Artwork Date 1850

Artist George Caleb Bingham

Life Dates 1811-1879

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on wood panel

Dimensions Unframed: 10 × 7 7/8 inches (25.4 × 20 cm) Framed: 15 × 13 1/8 × 3 1/2 inches (38.1 × 33.3 × 8.9 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Gift of Mrs. Walter O. Briggs

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 53.153

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Provenance

Reverend Jer. Twitchell (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). Oliver R. Barrett (Chicago,Illinois, USA, "the famous collection of Lincolniana.")

his son, Roger W. Barrett. 1953, Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York, New York, USA)

1953, dealer, William Macbeth (New York, New York, USA)

1953, Mrs. Walter O. Briggs (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Rusk, Fern Helen. George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist. Jefferson City, MO, 1917, p. 29. [Rusk reproduces the Rollins version of the portrait--pl. XVI.]

Rollins, C.B. “The Letter of George Caleb Bingham.” Missouri Historical Review (October 1937): p. 166.

Christ-Janer, A. George Caleb Bingham of Missouri. New York, 1940, p. 33.

“Accessions of American and Canadian Museum, April-June 1953. Renaissance to Modern Times: American Painting.” The Art Quarterly 16, 4 (Winter 1953): p. 348 (fig. 3).

“Bingham Portrait at Detroit.” Antiques 64 (October 1953): p. 310.

McDermott, John Francis. “Bingham’s Portrait of John Quincy Adams Dated.” Art Quarterly 19, 4 (Winter 1956): pp. 412-414 (ill.).

___________________. George Caleb Bingham, River Portraitist. Norman, OK, 1959, pp. 43-45, 427, no. 87 (pl. 15)

Bloch, E. Maurice. George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 1 and 2. Berkeley, 1967, p. 81, no. 211 (pl. 35).

_____________. George Caleb Bingham: The Evolution of an Artist. Berkeley, 1967, pp. 57-60 (pl. 35).

Oliver, Andrew. Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife. Cambridge, MA, 1970, pp. 231-235 (fig. 99).

__________. “Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife.” Antiques 98 (November 1970): p. 753.

Henshaw, Julia, ed. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1. New York, 1991, pp. 35-37 (ill.).

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