Alpheus Hatch
Artist
Sarah Bushnell Perkins
(American, 1771 - 1831)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1791
MediumPastel drawing on paper, mounted on canvas
DimensionsOverall, Frame: 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 3/4 in. (48.9 x 41.3 x 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number80.264.9
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a pastel drawing on paper, mounted onto canvas. This is a portrait of a man, looking directly at the viewer. He holds his right hand under his vest and jacket.Label TextSarah Bushnell Perkins American, 1771–1831 Alpheus Hatch and Mehitable Jones Hatch, ca. 1791 Pastel drawings on paper, mounted on canvas Like her brother Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Bernice Garbisch was a prolific art collector. She and her husband, Edgar, were pioneers in the field of early American folk or naïve painting—a loose category referring to works by artists who were self-taught or lacked extensive formal training, such as Sarah Perkins from rural Plainfield, Connecticut. The Garbisches initially used these paintings and drawings to decorate their estate on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. As the collection grew to over 2,600 works, they began donating many to museums, including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Chrysler Museum. Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 80.264.9–.10 Exhibition History"101 American Primitive Water colors and pastels from the collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch," National Gallery of Art, Oct. 8 - Nov. 20, 1966; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dec. 15, 1966 - Feb. 13, 1967. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. "Drawn from the Vault: Collecting American Works on Paper at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - July 27, 2014.Published ReferencesWilliam L. Warren, "Six Connecticut Pastels," _Antiques_ (June 1961): 554-556. _101 American Primitive Water Colors and Pastels_, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1966, 22, cat. no. 6. Colleen Heslip and Helen Kellogg, "The Beardsley Limner Identified as Sarah Perkins," _Antiques_ 126, no. 3 (September 1984): 548-565. Mark D. Mitchell, "The Beardsleys and the Beardsley Limner: Beyond Likeness," in _Americana Insights_, ed. Robert Shaw (Philadelphia: Americana Insights with University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 39, fig. 5.
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