Mrs. Cooper and Her Children

Artist Thomas Hudson British, 1701–1779

Date18th century

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 60 in. (114.3 x 152.4 cm)
Frame: 48 1/2 x 63 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (123.2 x 160.7 x 5.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.76

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceThe Cooper Family, England; Dr. Thomas Cooper, Columbia, South Carolina; Dr. Augustus Winterbottom, London, England; The Winterbottom Family, London, England. (Information supplied by the dealer).

Published ReferencesW.R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 92, illus. (b-w). Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1963), cat. no. 81, illus. (b-w). British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 88, illus. (b-w). The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1973), cat. no. 6, illus. (b-w).

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition," March 23-April 28, 1963, cat. no. 81, illus. (b-w). Charleston, SC, Gibbes Art Gallery, "Art in South Carolina 1670-1970," April 3-June 21, 1970; Columbia, SC, Columbia County Museum of Art, July 1- September 28, 1970; Greenville, SC, Greenville County Museum of Art, October 4-December 31, 1970, cat. no. 37 [Venues need to be verified, not clear if painting traveled beyond Gibbes Art Center]. Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 16-December 30, 1973, cat. no. 6, illus. (b-w).

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