id:			120877
accession number:	1941.597
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.597
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:46.821000

Senator Thomas Hart Benton, 1820s. Matthew Harris Jouett (American, 1787/88–1827). Oil on wood; unframed: 71.4 x 59.6 cm (28 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Otto Miller 1941.597

title:				Senator Thomas Hart Benton
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creation date:			1820s
creation date earliest:		1820
creation date latest:		1829
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Otto Miller
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Matthew Harris Jouett (American, 1787/88–1827)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 71.4 x 59.6 cm (28 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Annotated on back: "Col Thomas Hart Benton"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Louisville, The J. B. Speed Memorial Museum, Colonial and Later American Portraits (May 1947)', 'opening_date': '1947-05-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Washington, D. C., National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, The Code Duello in America (18 December 1980-19 April 1981) illus. p. 19; pp.  5-6, 19-20.', 'opening_date': '1980-12-18T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jones, Washington, D.C. (as per letter of 9 February 1942 from W.C. Thompson, Vose Galleries); Ehrlich Gallery, Washington; Vose Gallery, Boston; Mrs. Otto Miller
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