Object Number 1953.0178.002 A

Object Name

Painting

Title

The Quilting Frolic

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Lewis Krimmel (Artist)
5/30/1786-07/15/1821
References: Dr. Anneliese Hardin, John Lewis Krimmel: Genre Artist of the Early Republic (Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994).

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; On reverse of canvas; J. L. KRIMMEL PINX/ PHIL\A. 1813

Subjects

Genre scene; George Washington

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas; Pine

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

16.875 (H) , 22.375 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42.862 (H) , 56.833 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 196.
[Book] Harding, Anneliese. 1994 John Lewis Krimmel: Genre Artist of the Early Republic. 268 p.
• Published: pp. 40-4, fig. 57,
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 106-7, no. 54, .
[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
• Published: p. 141.
[Article] Howard, Gordon J. 2006 A Death in Germantown: Noted Painter Drowned. Germantown Crier. 56 (1): 24-33.
• Published: p. 28, fig. 5.
[Book] Naeve, Milo M. 1987 John Lewis Krimmel: an artist in federal America.
• See pp. 22, 69-71.
[Thesis] Ranalli, Nina. 2013 An Act Apart: Tea-Drinking, Play, and Ritual. M.A. Winterthur Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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[Electronic] Public Broadcasting Service. 2016 American Umpire. Shell Studios, LLC Television Program
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[Other] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Remembering the American Revolution.
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[Book] Oakes, James, et al. 2015 Of The People: A History of the United States, Volume 1, To 1877, With Sources. 1.
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[Book] Stewart, Marilyn & Katter, Eldon. 2008 Art: A Community Connection (Art and the human experience).
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