id: 155822 accession number: 1991.134.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Cleveland School type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811–1890) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed on back: J.H. WADE / 6-37-15 / Farmer Valley translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Maude Tarr, Madison, Wisconsin; The State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Jeptha H. Wade III, Boston (1968). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- 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: --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. url: Bifano, Wayne Thomas, and Timothy Lachina. The Wade Chapel: A Story of Art, Spirit, and Family. Cleveland, Ohio: Lake View Cemetery Association, 2019. page number: Reproduced: P. 22 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.134.2/1991.134.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.134.2/1991.134.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.134.2/1991.134.2_full.tif