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The Attainder of Strafford

Artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze American, born Germany (Württemberg), 1816–1868

Date1849

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions48 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. (122.6 x 107.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Art Trust Fund Endowment and the bequest of Carlyle Adams, and partial gift of Prof. William H. Gerdts and Abigail Booth Gerdts

Object number2017.12

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Provenance**Commissioned by the American Art-Union, New York, 1849; created New York, 1849; distributed as no. 322 to Daniel Stanbury Mercein (1811–1869), Vicksburg, MS, later Hazle, PA, 1849; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 25, 1968, no. 231, illus.] [1]; sold to Alfred Ehrlich; [Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 19, 1981, no. 26, illus. (bought-in)], [Sotheby’s, New York, October 31, 1985, no. 223, illus. (b-w)]; Dr. & Mrs. William H. Gerdts, New York; given/sold to NCMA, 2017 [2].

[1] As Charles II (sic) Signs the Order for the Beheading of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.
[2] Partial purchase and partial gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gerdts.

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