About the Artwork
William Wragg
between 1750 and 1760
Jeremiah Theus
1719-1774
American
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 15 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (39.7 × 34.3 cm) Framed: 19 3/8 × 17 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (49.2 × 44.1 × 4.1 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.
53.144
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
the artist's daughter, Charlotte [later Mrs. William Loughton Smith]
her son, William Wragg Smith
his daughter, Elizabeth Adda [later Mrs. Charles Mayhew Phinney]. purchased by H. A. Schindler (Charleston, South Carolina, USA). 1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American Painters of the South. Exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery. Washington, D.C., 1960, no. 12. [dated as ca. 1740-1745]
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Jeremiah Theus, William Wragg, between 1750 and 1760, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., 53.144.
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