Thomas Sprigg (1715–1781)
Artist
John Hesselius
American, 1728–1778
Date1764
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49 3/8 x 37 7/8 in. (125.4 x 96.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Cheney
Object numberGL.63.33.1
On View
Not on viewProvenance**Presumably commissioned by sitter, Thomas Sprigg (1715–1781), Cedar Park, Anne Arundel County, MD; created United States, 1764; Thomas Sprigg; to wife, Elizabeth Galloway Sprigg (1721–1789), 1782 (?); to son, Richard Sprigg (1739–1798), Strawberry Hill, Anne Arundel County, MD, 1789 (?); by descent to great-great-granddaughter; [Harry Shaw Newman Gallery, New York, by 1948]; Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Cheney, Charlotte, NC; given to NCMA, 1963.
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