Mrs. Phebe Houston
Elias V. Coe
1837
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 71.3 x 55.9 cm (28 1/16 x 22 in.) framed: 91.9 x 76.3 x 6.6 cm (36 3/16 x 30 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Accession Number
1953.5.6
About the Artist
Elias V. Coe
Elias Van Arsdale Coe, born on June 9, 1794, in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, to Grover Coe and Mary Van Arsdale, emerged as a multifaceted figure in early 19th-century America. In his youth, he registered for military service in 1812 and relocated to New York City by the late 1810s, where he pursued entrepreneurial ventures. He sold damaged carpeting at bargain prices in 1816, a...