John Randolph

Chester Harding1829

Details

Title: John Randolph
Creator: Chester Harding
Date Created: 1829
Physical Dimensions: overall: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.) framed: 92.9 x 80.7 x 7.9 cm (36 9/16 x 31 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance: The sitter [1773-1833], Roanoke, Virginia; presented to William Leigh, Halifax, Virginia;[1] his son, J.R. Leigh, Halifax, Virginia; his son, Judge William Leigh, Danville, Virginia; his son, John Randolph Leigh [1895-1961], Danville, Virginia, by 1928;[2] consigned by January 1937 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[3] sold 21 January 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1940 to NGA. [1] William Leigh was one of the executors of John Randolph's will. [2] Provenance information conveyed by John Randolph Leigh, 1927 and 1928, is recorded in the Frick Art Reference Library, New York. [3] According to a letter of 6 June 1992 from Melissa De Meideros, Librarian at M. Knoedler (in NGA curatorial files), the painting was consigned by John Randolph Leigh sometime between December 1936 and January 1937. The exact date is not recorded.
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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