Artist
Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827)American, 1741–1827
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Landscape Looking Toward Sellers Hall from Mill Bank
Datec. 1818
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 15 × 21 1/4 in. (38.1 × 54 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. James W. Glanville
Object numberB.98.12
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Federal Parlor
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
ProvenanceBy descent, the family of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Sellers (Sophonisba Angusciola Peale, 1786–1859); Mrs. Jessie Sellers Walton; Charles Coleman Sellers (1903–1980), Hebron, Connecticut, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Estate of Charles Coleman Sellers; [Kennedy Galleries, New York]; Mrs. James W. Glanville (Nancy Hart Glanville), Houston; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"An Exhibition of Paintings/John Trumbull and His Contemporaries", Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, March 6–April 16, 1944, No.92 or 93, each of which is listed as "Landscape" in the catalogue.
"The World of Charles Willson Peale, "National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 1982–January 1983.
"Views and Vision: American Landscape Before 1830", Wadsworth Athenaeum and Corcoran Gallery, September 21–November 30, 1986 and January 17–March 29, 1987.
"The Peale Family: Creation of an American Legacy, 1770–1870", Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 3, 1996–January 5, 1997.
"The American Landscape East to West: Themes in Painting and Photography, 1780–1910" at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 6, 2003–January 19, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Gallery label on verso: Kennedy Galleries/Charles Willson Peale/Landscape Looking Toward Sellers Hall from Mill Bank/15 x 21 inches/Number 27396 Stock no.122504.0001
Gallery label on verso: National Portrait Gallery/"The World of Charles Willson Peale"/#155 Sellers Hall/Lender: Kennedy Galleries/NPG Oct-Jan 1983/Amon Carter Museum, February 1983/Metropolitan Museum of Art, June-Sept 1983
Gallery label on verso: Corcoran Gallery/Views and Visions: American Landscape Before 1830/Wadsworth Athenaeum 9/21-11/30 1986/Corcoran 1/17-3/29 1987
Gallery label on verso: Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington D.C./The Peale Family: Creation of an American Legacy, 1770-1870/October 1996-July 1997 TME #7...Collection Of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Glanville...
Gallery label on verso: National Portrait Gallery/"The World of Charles Willson Peale"/#155 Sellers Hall/Lender: Kennedy Galleries/NPG Oct-Jan 1983/Amon Carter Museum, February 1983/Metropolitan Museum of Art, June-Sept 1983
Gallery label on verso: Corcoran Gallery/Views and Visions: American Landscape Before 1830/Wadsworth Athenaeum 9/21-11/30 1986/Corcoran 1/17-3/29 1987
Gallery label on verso: Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington D.C./The Peale Family: Creation of an American Legacy, 1770-1870/October 1996-July 1997 TME #7...Collection Of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Glanville...
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John Sartain
1872
Mezzotint, line and stipple engraving and watercolor on wove paper
B.88.28