id:			155822
accession number:	1991.134.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2
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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

	Maude Tarr, Madison, Wisconsin; The State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Jeptha H. Wade III, Boston (1968).
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wall description:
The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon became one of Cleveland's wealthiest industrialists. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art and donated the land upon which it stands as a Christmas gift to the city in 1892.
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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
	relationship: 	

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CITATIONS

	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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