James Garfield and Family
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Milton M. Rose
Accession Number
S/NPG.94.5
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Art Historical Context
This vibrant chromolithograph, *James Garfield and Family*, by the Kurz & Allison Lithography Company 1882, captures 20th U.S. President James A Garfield surrounded by his wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, their children—Abram, Harry Augustus, Irvin McDowell, James Rudolph and Mary—and his mother, Eliza Ballou Garfield. just a year after Garfield's tragic assassination in 1881, the print serves as a poignant family portrait, emphasizing domestic warmth amid national mourning. Garfield, a lawyer, Civil War general, and Ohio native, is depicted with his accomplished offspring, including future la...