Joseph Blount Littlejohn
- Date
- 1800
- Material
- Watercolor on ivory
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Miniature paintings, paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image (with casing): 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
framed (in leather traveling case): 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (1.4 x 11.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. John L. Swasey in honor of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. McDonnell, on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 123:1971
Provenance
1800 - 1971
Joseph Blount Littlejohn (1776-1852), Inverness, TN; Mary Elizabeth Littlejohn Williamson (1805-1870), Edenton, NC, by inheritance; Sarah Blount Littlejohn Williamson Cherry (1831-1921), Inverness, TN, by inheritance; Lewis Williamson Cherry (1858-1922), Little Rock, AR, by inheritance; Carolyn Vandegrift Cherry McDonnell (b.1899), Little Rock, AR, by inheritance; Cherry McDonnell Black Swasey (b.1925), St. Louis, MO and New York, NY, by inheritance
1971 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Cherry McDonnell Black Swasey [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter from Carolyn McDonnell dated June 7, 1974 explains the family's inheritance of Joseph Littlejohn's portrait. At the time of the painting, Littlejohn was the Secretary of the American Legation in Paris [SLAM document files]. The Museum was given the miniature by Mrs. McDonnell's daughter, Cherry, widow of John L. Swasey. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
Joseph Blount Littlejohn (1776-1852), Inverness, TN; Mary Elizabeth Littlejohn Williamson (1805-1870), Edenton, NC, by inheritance; Sarah Blount Littlejohn Williamson Cherry (1831-1921), Inverness, TN, by inheritance; Lewis Williamson Cherry (1858-1922), Little Rock, AR, by inheritance; Carolyn Vandegrift Cherry McDonnell (b.1899), Little Rock, AR, by inheritance; Cherry McDonnell Black Swasey (b.1925), St. Louis, MO and New York, NY, by inheritance
1971 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Cherry McDonnell Black Swasey [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter from Carolyn McDonnell dated June 7, 1974 explains the family's inheritance of Joseph Littlejohn's portrait. At the time of the painting, Littlejohn was the Secretary of the American Legation in Paris [SLAM document files]. The Museum was given the miniature by Mrs. McDonnell's daughter, Cherry, widow of John L. Swasey. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
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