Frame for Melcher's Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt

Object Details

• Artist

  Hermann Dudley Murphy (1867-1945)

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Hermann Dudley Murphy (1867-1945), Boston, Massachusetts [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the maker in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record, this frame was purchased by C.L. Freer from the maker, Hermann Dudley Murphy of Boston, on May 26, 1908.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  American Paintings (September 10, 1981 to March 12, 1984)

  American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hermann Dudley Murphy (1867-1945) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Frame

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Murphy, Hermann Dudley

• Place

  United States, Massachusetts, Boston

• Topic

  Gilding, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Frames