Art, literature & history
John G. Read
1833
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 79.7 x 64.5 cm (31 3/8 x 25 3/8 in.) framed: 94 x 78.4 x 5.4 cm (37 x 30 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.80.18
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Royall Brewster Smith. John G. Read. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
John G. Read — Royall Brewster Smith. 1833.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 79.7 x 64.5 cm (31 3/8 x 25 3/8 in.) framed: 94 x 78.4 x 5.4 cm (37 x 30 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1978.80.18. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.