John Wollaston
Elizabeth Calvert
1753
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John Wollaston
Elizabeth Calvert
1753
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm) Framed: 38 x 33 in. (96.5 x 83.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1941.7
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
"A Picture Book," BMA 1955 ill p 40
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, p 183 ill. P185
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.195, ill.
John Wollaston, “Mrs. Benedict Calvert (Elizabeth Calvert) and Her Daughter Rebecca Calvert, ca. 1755, oil on canvas, Collection of Mrs. Eleanor Calvert Lewis, Virginia, United States in 1939.
Inscribed: on reverse of frame, Elizabetta Calvert nata 1 Feb 1730, maritata Benedetta Calvert gli 22 Aple 1748; on original stretcher, Elizah Calvert, Daughter of Charles Calvert, Esqr Born Feb. 1, 1730, marryd to B. Calvert Esqr Aple 1748
