John Hesselius
Eleanor Calvert
1760
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 36 1/8 x 31 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (91.8 x 79.4 x 8.3 cm) Sight: 28 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (73.3 x 60.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1941.9
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1941; Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs from their brother, 1940; General Lawrason Riggs, Baltimore, 1926; Loredan Family, by descent; Elizabeth Loredan, Asolo, Italy, from her father; Onorio Razolini, Asolo, Italy
Friends of Art, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, “Homewood Exhibition,” June 9-24, 1928 (lent by General Riggs)
BMA “Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland,” May 11- June 17, 1945, p 17, no 12
Rosamund Olmsted Humm, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, "Children in America," September 22, 1978-May 28, 1979.
Historic Annapolis, Governor Paca House, June 18-June 2, 1984.
BMA, "Behold the Child," 1950, p. 11.
BMA “Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland,” May 11- June 17, 1945, p 17, no 12
Rosamund Olmsted Humm, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, "Children in America," September 22, 1978-May 28, 1979.
Historic Annapolis, Governor Paca House, June 18-June 2, 1984.
BMA, "Behold the Child," 1950, p. 11.
Richard K. Doud, "John Hesselius: His Life and Work," Master of Arts Thesis, University of Delaware, June 1963, p 14,39,49,66,67,86
Mary M. Starin, “John Hesselius—Limner 1728-1778”, Maryland Historical Magazine, Sept. 1980, p 194
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 77-78, ill. p. 77.
"Antiques", 2003, p. 188.
Carolyn J. Weekley, "Painters and Paintings in the American South," The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Williamsburg, VA. 2013. p.261
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 10 and 16.
Robinson, Franklin A. "Faith & Tobacco: A History of St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland," Washington D.C.: Anchovy Hill Press, 2015, pp.196, ill.
Inscribed: On reverse of original canvas, "Ellinor Calvert AE 8/John Hesselius Pinx Maryland/1761"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 07
