Provenance
Susan Louisa Pendleton Bowler [Mrs. Robert Bonner Bowler, d. 1877], Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky;[1] her daughter, Louisa Foote Bowler Livingston [Mrs. John Callendar Livingston, 1861-1933], New York;[2] her daughter, Louise Alida Livingston [d. 1967], Oyster Bay, New York; gift 1968 to NGA.
[1] Mrs. Bowler probably inherited the portrait from her husband Robert Bonner Bowler, the sitter's grandson, who was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1803 and moved to Cincinnati. They were married in 1842; Noadiah Potter Bowler, _Record of the Descendants of Charles Bowler_. (Cleveland, 1905), 42. The date of Bowler's death is unknown; he predeceased his wife (vital statistics file, Cincinnati Historical Society).
[2] Bowler 1905, 97; obituary, _The New York Times_, 16 August 1933, 17; she is called Louise in some sources.
[3] "National Gallery Acquires Its 10th Painting by Copley," _The New York Times_, 19 July 1968, 25.
Accession Number
1968.1.1
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 127.2 x 102.2 cm (50 1/16 x 40 1/4 in.) | framed: 142.9 x 118.1 x 4.4 cm (56 1/4 x 46 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Alida Livingston