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Blythe, David Gilmour,
Architecture interior -- Civic
Figure group
Occupation -- Crime
State of Being -- Other
Painting
Libby Prison, (painting).
Artist:
Blythe, David Gilmour, 1815-1865, painter.
Title:
Libby Prison, (painting).
Dates:
1863.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.4 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) Blythe signed
Description:
Interior scene of the Libby Prison with prisoners standing or seated in a large holding cell.
Subject:
Architecture interior
--
Civic
--
Prison
Figure group
Occupation
--
Crime
--
Criminal
State
of
Being
--
Other
--
Imprisonment
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 48.414
Provenance:
Gift of Karolik, Martha C.,
References:
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, "M and M Karolik Collection of American paintings, 1815 to 1865," Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949.
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 27.
Illustration:
Image on file.
American Art Review (Jan-Feb. 1975).
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 27.
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 20490167
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
20490167
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