Dr. Philomen Tracy, (painting).

Dr. Philomen Tracy, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Dr. Philomen Tracy, (painting).

Oil on paper mounted on board, mounted on canvas.

31 1/16 x 28 13/16 in. (79.1 x 73.4 cm)

Three-quarter-length portrait of Dr. Philomen Tract (1757-1837) seated by a window. He holds a hand which emerges from behind a curtain at left. He holds a vial in his right hand.

Portrait male -- Tracy, Philomen -- Knee length

Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor

National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1980.62.44 (2836)

Formerly in the collection of Tracy, Philomen, family of,

Duncan, John Tracy, Mrs., Grenada, Mississippi until 1962.

W. E. Brown Decorating Company, Atlanta, Georgia

Gift of Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler,

Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992.

National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.

Black, Mary, "What is American in American art," New York: M. Knoedler, 1971.

Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992, pg. 609.

Art in America, 5-6/69, p. 53.

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