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James Goodwyn Clonney
A Visit from Grandfathercirca 1850

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Oil painting of an older man seated on a porch holding a doll aloft while four young children reach toward him, a woman standing behind

James Goodwyn Clonney, A Visit from Grandfather, circa 1850, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Cecile Bartman, John W. Bartman, and Judith Bartman in memory of Fred A. Bartman, Jr.

Artist or Maker
James Goodwyn Clonney
England, active United States, 1812-1867
Title
A Visit from Grandfather
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (67.31 x 85.09 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Cecile Bartman, John W. Bartman, and Judith Bartman in memory of Fred A. Bartman, Jr.
Accession Number
AC1994.202.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Provenance
(Sale, New York, “Catalogue of Pictures and Other Works of Art, the Property of the American Art Union,” 15–17 December, 1852, lot 59). [Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, by 1979]. [Graham Gallery, New York, sold 1994 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Orcutt, Kimberly A. The American Art-Union: Utopia and Skepticism in the Antebellum Era. New York: Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2024.