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Painting
The Quilting Frolic
John Lewis Krimmel
1813
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Lewis Krimmel (Artist)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
- Pine
Museum Object Number
1953.0178.002 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1953.0178.002 A
Object Name
Painting
Title
The Quilting Frolic
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
John Lewis Krimmel (Artist)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1813
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: On reverse of canvas
Inscription: J. L. KRIMMEL PINX/ PHIL\A. 1813
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
- George Washington
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
- Pine
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
16.875 (H) x 22.375 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
42.862 (H) x 56.833 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
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
Electronic: Public Broadcasting Service. 2016 American Umpire. Shell Studios, LLC Television Program
Other: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Remembering the American Revolution.
Book: Oakes, James, et al. 2015 Of The People: A History of the United States, Volume 1, To 1877, With Sources. 1.
Book: Stewart, Marilyn & Katter, Eldon. 2008 Art: A Community Connection (Art and the human experience).