William James Hubard
Robert Gilmor, Jr.
1829
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Framed: 26 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (67.9 x 52.7 x 8.9 cm) Sight: 20 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. (51.8 x 36.8 cm)
Credit Line
Charlotte Abbott Gilman Paul Bequest Fund
Object Number
1956.287
In an American empire frame, c. 1825. Friends of the American Wing Fund
Robert Gilmor, Baltimore, 1869; William L. Gilmore, Baltimore, by 1945; Sam W. Pattison & Co., Inc., Sale, Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1956
Washington, D.C., "Third Annual Exhibition of the Washington Art Associations Art Association," 1859, no. 35 (lent by R. Gilmore [sic]).
BMA, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting," 1840-1940, June 6-Sept. 1, 1941, p.27 (lent by William L. Gilmor).
BMA, "Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland," May 11-June 17, 1945, p.52, no.120, ill. p.53 (lent by William L. Gilmor).
WAG, Baltimore, "An Exhibition Commemorating Robert Gilmor II of Baltimore (1774-1848)," Mar. 19-Apr.24, 1949, checklist.
PM, Baltimore, "Rendezvous for Taste," Feb. 24-Apr. 22, 1956, p. 33, no. 145, ill. p.16 (as Richard Caton Woodville, lent by William L. Gilmor).
The Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington D.C., "American Painters of the South," Apr. 23-June 5, 1960, p. 34, no. 99, ill. p.28.
The Walters Art Museum, "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville," March 2, 2013 - June 2, 2013.
BMA, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting," 1840-1940, June 6-Sept. 1, 1941, p.27 (lent by William L. Gilmor).
BMA, "Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland," May 11-June 17, 1945, p.52, no.120, ill. p.53 (lent by William L. Gilmor).
WAG, Baltimore, "An Exhibition Commemorating Robert Gilmor II of Baltimore (1774-1848)," Mar. 19-Apr.24, 1949, checklist.
PM, Baltimore, "Rendezvous for Taste," Feb. 24-Apr. 22, 1956, p. 33, no. 145, ill. p.16 (as Richard Caton Woodville, lent by William L. Gilmor).
The Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington D.C., "American Painters of the South," Apr. 23-June 5, 1960, p. 34, no. 99, ill. p.28.
The Walters Art Museum, "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville," March 2, 2013 - June 2, 2013.
"New Acquisition," BMA Today, Winter 2005/2006, p. 11, ill.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 84-85, ill. p. 84.
The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland, 1830-1934. [Baltimore, MD]: [Walters Art Gallery], 1984, plate 12, page 8.
Joy Peterson Heyrman, (eds), "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville", Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, p. 18.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Wendy A. Cooper. "Classical Taste in America 1800-1840". Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; New York: Abbeville Press, 1993, page 98.
Inscribed: Although the painting is unasigned, there is the suggestion of a cypher incorporating the artist's initials on the right end of the scroll closest to the viewer.
