Art, literature & history
To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard
1823
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)
- Dimensions
- overall: 63.5 x 82.6 cm (25 x 32 1/2 in.) framed: 76.5 x 96.8 x 5 cm (30 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1971.83.22
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Salome Hensel. To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard — Salome Hensel. 1823.
Medium: watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting).
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 63.5 x 82.6 cm (25 x 32 1/2 in.) framed: 76.5 x 96.8 x 5 cm (30 1/8 x 38 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1971.83.22. 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.