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Artist
George W. Pettit
Title
Union Refugees
Work Date
1865
Category
Painting
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions
40  x  54  inches
Markings
Signed, Inscribed

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A native of England, George W. Pettit resided in Philadelphia, where he exhibited portraits and figure studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts intermittently between 1862 and 1887. He was made an associate of the Academy in 1863 and an academician in 1869. He also exhibited with the Art Club of Philadelphia in 1897 and 1899 and at the National Academy of Design in 1871. [Julie S. Berkowitz, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Portrait Catalogue, Philadelphia, 1984]




Literature:




  • THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, December 6, 1865
  • James L. Yarnell and William H. Gerdts, The National Museum of American Art’s Index to American Art Exhibition Catalogues from the Beginning through the 1876 Centennial Year, G. K. Hall and Company, Boston, 1986, vol. 4, p.2777




Exhibited:




  • The First Annual Philadelphia Sketch Club, December, 1865, December 6, 1865 through January 3, 1866, # 195
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