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Rear Admiral George W. Melville, (painting). Artist:  Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916, painter. Title:  Rear Admiral George W. Melville, (painting). Dates:  1905. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  40 x 26 15/16 in. (101.6 x 68.5 cm) Inscription:  (Lower right:) EAKINS signed Description:  Waist-length frontal portrait of George Wallace Melville (b. 1841) dressed in his military uniform. Subject:  Portrait male -- Melville, George W. -- Waist length Occupation -- Military -- Rear Admiral Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1991.33.1 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Eakins, Susan Macdowell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rogers, Millicent, New York, New York Salm, Peter A., Count, New York, New York Gift of Heinz, H. John, III, Mr. & Mrs., Exhibitions:  Carnegie Institute 1905 International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1905-1906, no. 67. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred Seventh Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1912, no. 201. References:  Kelly, Franklin, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 1," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996. National Gallery of Art, 1991. Antiques (Mar. 1991): pg. 573. Hendricks, Gordon, "The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins," New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974. Illustration:  Image on file. Kelly, Franklin, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 1," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996, pg. 183. Antiques (Mar. 1991): pg. 573. Hendricks, Gordon, "The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins," New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974, pg. 256. 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 83550034   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 83550034 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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