Category:Joseph Harrison Jr. collection
Joseph Harrison Jr. collection. This category is of works from the art collection of self-made American millionaire Joseph Harrison Jr. (1810 - 1874).
The core of Harrison's collection was American historical painting, including life portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and major works by Benjamin West and the Peale family. Harrison also collected contemporary European and American works, and commissioned paintings and engravings. The 1870 catalogue of Harrison's collection listed more than 400 paintings and sculptures.
Dispersal of the collection began after Harrison's 1874 death, with bequests to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Most of his collection was sold at a 3-day auction in 1910, and a final auction in March 1912.
Separately from his art collection, Harrison held George Catlin's Indian Gallery as collateral for an 1852 loan that the artist never repaid. After both men's deaths, Harrison's widow donated Catlin's more than 500 paintings and 100 Native American artifacts to the Smithsonian Institution.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Media in category "Joseph Harrison Jr. collection"
The following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total.
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The Wasp and the Frolic, by Thomas Birch.JPG 4,081 × 2,700; 4.8 MB
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Thomas Birch - Engagement Between the "Constitution" and the "Guerrière".jpg 2,220 × 1,714; 817 KB
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BirchBattleBetweenTheUnitedStatesAndTheMacedonian.jpg 700 × 584; 111 KB
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Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1862) - Google Art Project.jpg 7,884 × 6,547; 12.19 MB
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Jasper Francis Cropsey The Spirit of Peace.jpg 600 × 383; 60 KB
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The-spirit-of-war.jpg 3,000 × 1,944; 2.07 MB
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Johann Geyer Columbus and the Egg.jpg 600 × 469; 66 KB
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Theodor Hildebrandt - The Murder of the Sons of Edward IV - Google Art Project.jpg 3,137 × 2,662; 3.78 MB
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Benjamin Franklin with bust of Isaac Newton by David Martin.JPG 1,948 × 2,392; 1.06 MB
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Bengt Nordenberg - En riven get.jpg 2,250 × 1,571; 1.25 MB
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C W Peale - The Artist in His Museum.jpg 575 × 750; 47 KB
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Charles Willson Peale 001.jpg 2,088 × 4,824; 2.41 MB
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George Washington 1787 by Charles Willson Peale PAFA 1912 14 3 l.jpg 819 × 1,008; 836 KB
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Peale - Benjamin Franklin.jpg 348 × 432; 48 KB
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'George Washington, Patriae Pater' by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1824.JPG 1,428 × 1,892; 373 KB
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Thomas Sully G-000871-20111012.jpg 2,396 × 2,918; 8.66 MB
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William Henry Harrison by Rembrandt Peale.jpg 3,282 × 4,000; 986 KB
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Joseph Harrison, Jr. by Thomas Buchanan Read 1860 PAFA.jpg 706 × 882; 475 KB
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Thomas Buchanan Read Jephthah’s Daughter.jpg 453 × 600; 56 KB
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'The King and the Beggar' by Peter Frederick Rothermel, Dayton Art Institute.JPG 2,065 × 2,758; 599 KB
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Patrick Henry Rothermel.jpg 3,649 × 4,761; 4.81 MB
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Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina (1872-3) by Xanthus Smith.jpg 1,008 × 443; 53 KB
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Frances Anne Kemble as Bianca 1833 PAFA1843 1 2 l.jpg 496 × 600; 74 KB
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Portrait of George Washington - NARA 192421.jpg 2,536 × 3,000; 5.5 MB
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Sully Child & Dog 1828 PAFA1842 3 l.jpg 738 × 624; 174 KB
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'Frances Anne Kemble as Beatrice' by Thomas Sully.JPG 2,169 × 2,580; 464 KB
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John Vanderlyn 001.jpg 2,622 × 2,025; 540 KB
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Benjamin West - Christ rejected.jpg 792 × 602; 484 KB
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Benjamin West - The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney.jpg 392 × 490; 44 KB
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Franklin by Joseph Wright 1782 obj 612 702 lrg.jpg 600 × 760; 41 KB
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