The Letter

Provenance

Edward C. [d. 1915] and Mary Emma Griffin [1855-1937] Walker, Willistead Manor, Walkerville, Ontario, and Washington, by 1905;[1] bequest 4 May 1937 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] The painting was lent by the Walkers to the _Exhibition of Paintings, Lent from the Private Collection of E. Chandler Walker, Esq._, Detroit Museum of Art, April 1905.

The Letter

Melchers, Gari

1882

Accession Number

2016.23.5

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 94.62 × 66.99 cm (37 1/4 × 26 3/8 in.) | framed: 124.46 × 97.79 × 8.89 cm (49 × 38 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection)