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Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston)
Gilbert Stuart1800
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication _American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century_, pages 224-227, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
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- Title: Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston)
- Creator: Gilbert Stuart
- Date Created: 1800
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 74 x 61.3 cm (29 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) framed: 92.4 x 79.7 x 8.3 cm (36 3/8 x 31 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: The sitter's grand-niece and heir, Henrietta Ramage Liston Foulis [d. 1850], Millburn Tower, County Edinburgh, Scotland;[1] her son, Sir James Liston Foulis, 9th baronet [1847-1895], Woodhall and Millburn Tower, County Edinburgh; his son, Sir William Liston Foulis, 10th baronet [1869-1918], Woodhall and Millburn Tower, County Edinburgh; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach, London, on joint account with M. Knoedler & Co., New York), 16 December 1919; sold April 1920 to Elbert H. Gary [1846-1927], New York;[2] sale of his estate (American Art Association, New York, 8 December 1934, no. 385); bought by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1960 to NGA. [1] After Miss Liston married Sir William Foulis, 8th Baronet (1812-1858) in 1843, he assumed the name Liston. On the baronetcy see George Edward Cokayne, _Complete Baronetage_, 6 vols., Exeter, England, 1900-1909, 2 (1902):401-403, and _Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage_, 105th ed., London, 1970, 1043-1044. [2] Melissa De Medeiros, librarian, M. Knoedler & Co, provided information about Knoedler's ownership and subsequent sales in a letter of 5 June 1992 (NGA curatorial file). [3] American Art Association, _Important Rugs, Paintings, Georgian Silver and English Furniture from the Estate of the Late Elbert H. Gary and from the Estate of the Late Emma T. Gary_, New York, 1934, 78, repro.; see "When Genuine Raeburns Turn Out to Be Absolute Stuarts," _Art Digest_ 9, no. 5 (1 December 1934), 8, and "Active Bidding Marks Auction of Gary Estate," _Art News_ 33, no. 11 (15 December 1934), 3; on Gary see _Dictionary of American Biography_, 20 vols., New York, 1928-1936, reprinted in 10 vols. with 8 supplements, New York, 1944-1988, 4:175-176.
- Medium: oil on canvas
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