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George and Emma Eastman, (painting). Artist:  Balis, Calvin, b. 1817, painter. Title:  George and Emma Eastman, (painting). Other Titles:  Fashionable Inn, (painting). Dates:  1850. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  53 7/8 x 66 1/8 in. (136.8 x 167.9 cm) Inscription:  (On verso before lining, lower right:) C Balis Pinxit / Aug 1850 / Geo. 6 yrs & Emma 4 years / [line drawing of a palette with brushes and illegible words inscribed inside] signed Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait female -- Eastman, Emma -- Child Portrait male -- Eastman, George -- Child Landscape -- Tree -- Pear Tree Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Animal -- Dog Object -- Flower -- Rose Object -- Fruit -- Grape Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Accession Number: 33-43 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Eastman, Peter Sylvester, Washington Mills, New York 1850. Eastman, George Elliot, Washington Mills, New York 1891. Eastman, George W., Saquoit, New York (co-owner) Eastman, Archie D., Washington Mills, New York (co-owner) Gough, William A., Bridgeport, Connecticut 1931. American Folk Art Gallery with Downtown Gallery, New York, New York 1931. Acquired 1933. References:  "The collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: American Paintings to 1945; volume 2," Kansas City, MO: The Museum, 2007, pg. 11-12. "The collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: American Paintings to 1945; volume 1," Kansas City, MO: The Museum, 2007, pg. 32-35. Coll. Handbook, Vol. I, 1973. William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, 1973. Illustration:  Image on file. "The collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: American Paintings to 1945; volume 2," Kansas City, MO: The Museum, 2007, pg. 11. "The collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: American Paintings to 1945; volume 1," Kansas City, MO: The Museum, 2007, pg. 33. Antiques (Nov. 1982): pg. 1033. "Rediscovered painters of upstate New York, 1700-1875," Utica, N.Y.: Munson-Williams-Proctor, 1958, p.25 Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 27710014   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 27710014 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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