Oldfield Bowles (1740–1810)
ArtistAttributed to
Nathaniel Dance
British, 1735–1811
Datecirca 1775–1780
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions91 x 79 in. (231.1 x 200.7 cm)
Frame: 94 1/8 x 83 1/8 x 3 in. (239.1 x 211.1 x 7.6 cm)
Frame: 94 1/8 x 83 1/8 x 3 in. (239.1 x 211.1 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.87
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesW. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 107 (as by Johann Zoffany).
Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1963), cat. no. 87 (as by Johann Zoffany), illus. (b-w).
British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 115 (as by Johann Zoffany), illus. (b-w).
Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 86, illus. (b-w) 87 (as by Johann Zoffany).
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 79 (as by Johann Zoffany).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition," March 23-April 28, 1963, cat. no. 85 (as by Johann Zoffany), illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Robert F. Phifer Collection," March 31-May 13, 1973, 86, illus. (b-w) 87 (as by Johann Zoffany).
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Eighteenth Century Paintings and Sculptures from the North Carolina Museum of Art," April 21, 2002 - March 30, 2003
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017. Object Rights Statement
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