Charles Peale Polk
Mrs. Peter Hoffman II (Mary Dorothea Stirling Lloyd)
1792
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Charles Peale Polk
Mrs. Peter Hoffman II (Mary Dorothea Stirling Lloyd)
1792
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 46 3/4 x 41 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (118.7 x 105.4 x 7 cm) Unframed: 41 1/16 x 35 7/8 in. (104.3 x 91.1 cm) Sight: 40 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. (102.2 x 89.5 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
1988.138
Simmons, Linda Crocker. "Charles Peale Polk: A Limner and his Likenesses," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, July 18 to September 6, 1981, and at four other museums, September 27, 1981 - October 15, 1982. [Catalog of an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, July 18 - September 6, 1981]
Painting Files, Frick Art Reference Library, New York, New York, 121—7—a.
The Maryland Gazette, 24 November 1774.
Mayer, Brantz. and Richardson & Bennett. "Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men," Publisher: Richardson & Bennett, Baltimore, 1871; John W. Woods, Printer. pp. 295-298.
McCreary, George W. "The Ancient and Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore . . ." (Baltimore: George W. McCreary, 1901), p. 56.
Raddatz, C.F. “German-American Families in Maryland,” Report, Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland , VI (1891-2): 45; Robert Deford to the author, 22 August 1980.
The Maryland Gazette, 24 November 1774.
Mayer, Brantz. and Richardson & Bennett. "Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men," Publisher: Richardson & Bennett, Baltimore, 1871; John W. Woods, Printer. pp. 295-298.
McCreary, George W. "The Ancient and Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore . . ." (Baltimore: George W. McCreary, 1901), p. 56.
Raddatz, C.F. “German-American Families in Maryland,” Report, Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland , VI (1891-2): 45; Robert Deford to the author, 22 August 1980.
Inscribed: Signed lower left, “aged 47/Polk 1793/pinx”
