id:			155822
accession number:	1991.134.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2
updated:		2019-05-23 10:03:11.591000

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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series:				
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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
copyright:			

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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland, 19th century
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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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed on back:  J.H. WADE / 6-37-15 / Farmer Valley
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	remark:		

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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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fun fact: 


digital description: 
In early 19th-century America, some artists traveled from town to town seeking commissions for portrait paintings. Sitters would dress in their best outfits to have their likenesses captured, as was apparently the case here.

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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IMAGES

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