Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton, 1846

Provenance

The sitter's son, Alfred Pleasonton, Philadelphia; deposited by him at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Francis S. Pleasonton, brother of the previous owner; his son, Eugene S. Pleasonton [d. 1972], New York and Worton, Maryland, by 1923; gift 1957 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1847

Exhibition of paintings, statues and casts, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1847, no. 67.

1925

Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925, no. 121.

1954

Loan for display with permanent collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1954-1955.

1954

The Sword in America, 1000-1954, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Arts, 1954-1955, no cat. [per donor records; neither museum can confirm the painting was in the exhibition].

1986

Extended loan for use by the White House Preservation Office in the ceremonial office of the Vice President, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1986-1997.

1997

Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2001

Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly Old Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 2001-2007; 2008-2009.

2012

Extended loan for use by Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 2012-2017.

Bibliography

1925

Fielding, Mantle. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits by John Neagle. Exh. cat. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1925: no. 121, 148.

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 84, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 201, repro.

1981

Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 105, repro. 106.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 240, repro.

1998

Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 30-33, color repro.

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