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)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.87

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ProvenanceColonel Henry Bowles; Miss Ida Bowles; Walter Hutchinson, bought at an anonymous sale, October 22, 1948 (no. 135); sold at Hutchinson House sale December 14, 1951 (no. 186), bought by Agnew’s; sold by Agnew’s December 3, 1953, bought by Wildenstein (?); acquired by NCMA in 1956.

Published 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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