John and Hugh Finlay and Francis Guy
Armchair with a view of Grace Hill
1803-1805
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Maple and ash, painted black with gilt and polychrome decoration, replacement cane seats, 33 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 21 in. (85.7 x 56.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lydia Howard de Roth and Nancy H. DeFord Venable, in Memory of their Mother, Lydia Howard DeFord; and Purchase Fund
Object Number
1966.26.3
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1966; Lydia Howard de Roth nee DeFord and Nancy H. DeFord Venable, by 1966; Lydia Howard DeFord, by descent, by 1966; John B. Morris (1784-1874), Clermont (or Claremont) estate, Gwynn's Run, Old Windsor Mill Road, near Walbrook, Maryland, ca. 1806-1874.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760-1810,' 2/21-4/6/47, p. 154-157.
'Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840,' BMA, April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. # 3, illus. pp. 20, 22-27
Museum and Library of Maryland History, 'Francis Guy and His Maryland Career,' April 10-August 15, 1981
William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880, Baltimore: BMA, 1987, no. 29, pp. 45-47
'Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840,' BMA, April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. # 3, illus. pp. 20, 22-27
Museum and Library of Maryland History, 'Francis Guy and His Maryland Career,' April 10-August 15, 1981
William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880, Baltimore: BMA, 1987, no. 29, pp. 45-47
Scarborough, Katherine. Unique Record of Baltimore Mansions. 'The Baltimore Sun,' March 1, 1936, p. 11
BMA 'News,' June 1944, p. 4-5
'Antiques,' Vol XC, No. 3, Sept. 1966, p. 374, repro. 66.26.8
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat no. 3, page 23.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p. 45-47, ill. 29.
Beckerdite, Luke. American Furniture. London:Chipston Foundation, 2003, p.196, ill.
O'Malley, Therese. Keywords in American Landscape Design. New Haven: National Gallery of Art in Association with Yale University Press, 2010, p. 253, ill. 4.
