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Mrs. John Addison (Lucy Clark)
ca. 178928 x 21 in. (71.1 x 53.3 cm)
John Hoppner
England (London, 1758 - 1810, London)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
George Eastman Collection of the University of Rochester
Accession Number:
1978.2
Location: Currently on view
Collection:
George Eastman Collection
Having a portrait painted by a noted artist such as John Hoppner was a mark of status; decades later, American collectors still enjoyed the prestige of owning portraits of European gentry. Even into the twentieth century, America was seen as a young country, and newly-wealthy Americans could “borrow” the pedigree that accompanied the sitter by displaying these portraits. Comprehensive estate taxes were introduced in England in 1894, and in the years that followed, families were forced to sell off some of their family holdings, including real estate, household belongings, and works of art, to pay these death duties. At the same time, wealthy American industrialists like George Eastman, who owned this painting and several other British portraits, were building their art collections, and bought family portraits as well as Old Master works as they came on the market.
Little is known of Mrs. Addison; her husband was in the civil service of the East India Company, and they lived in India for much of their married life.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Little is known of Mrs. Addison; her husband was in the civil service of the East India Company, and they lived in India for much of their married life.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Provenance
Family of the sitter; purchased from them by the Cottier Gallery, New York, 1912; purchased from them by George Eastman (1854-1932), Rochester, NY, 1913; bequeathed to the University of Rochester, 1932; transferred to the Gallery in 1978.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits from the Eastman Collection 12/18/1939 - 1/15/1940
- The George Eastman Collection of Paintings end date ca. December 1949
- The George Eastman Collection 12/1/1979 - 1/13/1980
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 5, Issue Number: 3. Issue Date: December 1939-January 1940. Page Number: 2-3
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Donald Rosenthal, ed. The George Eastman Collection. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1979.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- René Gimpel. Diary of an Art Dealer 1918-1939. New York, NY: Universe Books, 1987.
- (585) Magazine. Rochester, NY: 585 Publishing
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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