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Joseph Fairfax Lapsley (1845-1847), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Cooke, George 1793-1849  Search this
Subject:
Lapsley, Joseph Fairfax  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Johnson Collection, The 100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203 Spartanburg South Carolina 29306 Accession Number: 2006.02.06
Date:
1848
Notes:
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 4479m (Nov. 21, 1980), lot 32.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South, The Johnson Collection," Spartanburg, SC: The Johnson Collection, pg. 40.
"From Southern Shores to Northern Vales: Alabama Landscapes, 1819-1969," Montgomery, Alabama: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2019 (exhibition checklist), no. 12.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 4479m (Nov. 21, 1980), lot 32.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South, The Johnson Collection," Spartanburg, SC: The Johnson Collection, pg. 41.
(Lower center:) G.C. 1848 signed
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Summary:
Portrait of a Joseph Fairfax Lapsley as a young boy.
Topic:
Portrait male--Child  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Animal--Horse  Search this
Architecture exterior--Detail--Column  Search this
Architecture exterior--Detail--Stairs  Search this
Object--Fruit--Grape  Search this
Object--Fruit--Apple  Search this
Control number:
IAP 63000024
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_117870