Portrait of Mrs. William W. Welch

c. 1837

Sheldon Peck
American, 1797–1868

On View: American Art, Gallery 227

Artist: Sheldon Peck
Title: Portrait of Mrs. William W. Welch
Origin: United States
Date: 1837
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Mrs. William Welch: Signed, middle left: "Phebe Welch / Born AD 1793"
Dimensions: 65.4 × 55.3 cm (25 3/4 × 21 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Juli and David Grainger Fund
Reference Number: 1990.100.2

The Magazine Antiques (January, 1990) p. 281 (ill.).
Annual Report (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1990) p. 14 (ill.).

Whitney Museum of American Art, Sheldon Peck, Aug 8–Oct 5, 1975; traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Oct 12–Dec 1, 1975; Utica, New York, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Dec 14, 1975–Feb 8, 1976; Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, Feb 26–Apr 4, 1976; Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Apr 26–May 30, 1976, cat. 23.

Gene King, southern Illinois, before 1973; Mr. and Mrs. William F. Carr, Chicago, 1973-c. 1990; Frank and Barbara Pollock, Highland Park, Illinois, 1990; sold by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.

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