id:			155822
accession number:	1991.134.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2
updated:		2025-03-08 13:06:03.260000

Nathaniel Olds, 1837. Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811–1890). Oil on canvas; framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Jeptha H. Wade III, 1991.134.2

title:				Nathaniel Olds
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creation date:			1837
creation date earliest:		1837
creation date latest:		1837
current location:		205 Federal American
creditline:			Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Jeptha H. Wade III
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811–1890)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed on back:  J.H. WADE / 6-37-15 / Farmer Valley
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Nathaniel Olds (1788–c. 1840s), Farmer (later Interlaken), NY.
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	Sally Avery Olds Roberts (1792–1874), Madison, WI, the sitter's widow, by inheritance.
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	Sarah Jane Olds Tarr (1832–1912), Madison, WI, the sitter's daughter, by inheritance.
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	Maud Ingman Tarr (1872–1963), Madison, WI, the sitter's granddaughter, by inheritance.
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	State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now the Wisconsin Historical Society), Madison, WI, by bequest.
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	Jeptha H. Wade III (1924–2008), Bedford, MA, by purchase in 1968.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, by gift in 1991.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		155821
	Sally Avery Olds, 1837. Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811-1890). Oil on canvas; unframed: 73.3 x 61 cm (28 7/8 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Jeptha H. Wade III 1991.134.1
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CITATIONS

	Smee, Sebastian, "This Obscure Portrait Has a Cult Following for its High-Fashion Flair," <em>Washington Post,</em> August 8, 2024.
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	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 59; Mentioned: p. 66
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

	Wade, Jeptha H., Holly Rarick Witchey, and Ellery Sedgwick. The Autobiography of Jeptha Homer Wade, a Modest American: A Transcription and Accompanying Essays. 2018, 8.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 8-9.
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	Bifano, Wayne Thomas, and Timothy Lachina. <em>The Wade Chapel: A Story of Art, Spirit, and Family. </em>Cleveland, Ohio: Lake View Cemetery Association, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 22
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IMAGES

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