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Robert Sherson (circa 1770–1842)
Robert Sherson (circa 1770–1842)

Robert Sherson (circa 1770–1842)

Artist Unknown
Datecirca 1814
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.28.2.43
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated England, late 18th–early 19th century. [Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 15, 1913, no. 101 (as English School, The Honourable Sherson)] [1]; Robert Fulenwider Phifer (1849–1928), New York and Concord, NC; bequeathed to the NC State Art Society, Raleigh, NC, 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961.

[1] Sold by order of Cardoza & Nathan, attorneys, New York.
Published ReferencesIllustrated Catalogue of Valuable Paintings (sale catalogue) (New York: The American Art Association, 1913), no. 101.

“Combined Art Sale,” American Art News 11, no. 27 (April 19, 1913), listed 8.

Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 34, illus. (b-w) 35.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, The North Carolina State Art Society, Temporary Art Museum, Agricultural Building, “An Exhibition of Paintings and Other Works of Art Left as a Bequest to the Society by the late Robert F. Phifer of Concord, N.C., and New York City,” February 26, 1929, no. 16 (as The East India Secretary by John Hoppner).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Robert F. Phifer Collection,” March 31-May 13, 1973, 34, illus. (b-w) 35.

Concord, NC, The Concord Museum, “The Robert F. Phifer Art Collection,” March 26–July 14, 2015.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: The Foundation of the North Carolina Museum of Art, 1924–1945,” November 27, 2019–February 9, 2020. Object Rights Statement

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