Mrs. William Miles Chick
Alternate TitleAnn Eliza Smith Chick
Artist
George Caleb Bingham
(American, 1811 - 1879)
Dateca. 1870
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 27 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (69.53 × 56.2 cm)
Framed: 31 × 25 3/4 inches (78.74 × 65.41 cm)
Framed: 31 × 25 3/4 inches (78.74 × 65.41 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Winship Chick
Object number72-21/2
SignedNone.
InscribedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionBust-length frontal portrait of white-haired, square-faced woman, wearing black dress with small, white, rounded collar, her face framed by a close-fitting lace cap that is tied in a bow under her chin; dark nondescript background.Published ReferencesAll references include both portraits, except where noted.
M.K. P., “Memories of Early Missouri Drama from an Art Exhibit,”
Kansas City Star, 4 May 1933, 6; E.R.S., “The Story of the City’s
First Postmaster, William Miles Chick,” Kansas City Star, 16 July
1939, 3C; E. Maurice Bloch, George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue
Raisonné (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California
Press, 1967), 132–33; William Winship Chick, “Two Oil Portraits
by George Caleb Bingham,” typescript, 14 October 1971, NAMA
curatorial fi les (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Anna Eliza Smith
Chick); “Portrait Presentation,” 1 October 1972, Kansas City
Star, 10C (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Smith Chick);
William Winship Chick, “Presentation Ceremony at the William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art on Sunday, 17 September 1972, of
Oil Portraits by George Caleb Bingham of William Miles Chick
and Ann Eliza Chick,” typescript, 1972, NAMA curatorial fi les
(Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Smith Chick); NAMA
1973, 25 (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Miles Chick);
National Society of the Colonial Dames in America, Missouri, Portraits in Missouri: Painted before 1860 (n.p.: National Society of
the Colonial Dames in America, 1974), unpaginated (Mrs. William
Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Chick); E. Maurice Bloch, The Paintings of George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Columbia:
University of Missouri Press, 1986), 116, 228–29; NAMA 1991, 81
(Mrs. William Miles Chick, only); Patsy Moss, “Portraits of George
Caleb Bingham Reveal a Different History of Greater Kansas
City,” Kawsmouth 3 (Winter/Spring 2001), 86; Margaret C. Con-
rads, “Bingham to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” American Art
Review 17 (January–February 2005), 153.
M.K. P., “Memories of Early Missouri Drama from an Art Exhibit,”
Kansas City Star, 4 May 1933, 6; E.R.S., “The Story of the City’s
First Postmaster, William Miles Chick,” Kansas City Star, 16 July
1939, 3C; E. Maurice Bloch, George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue
Raisonné (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California
Press, 1967), 132–33; William Winship Chick, “Two Oil Portraits
by George Caleb Bingham,” typescript, 14 October 1971, NAMA
curatorial fi les (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Anna Eliza Smith
Chick); “Portrait Presentation,” 1 October 1972, Kansas City
Star, 10C (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Smith Chick);
William Winship Chick, “Presentation Ceremony at the William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art on Sunday, 17 September 1972, of
Oil Portraits by George Caleb Bingham of William Miles Chick
and Ann Eliza Chick,” typescript, 1972, NAMA curatorial fi les
(Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Smith Chick); NAMA
1973, 25 (Mrs. William Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Miles Chick);
National Society of the Colonial Dames in America, Missouri, Portraits in Missouri: Painted before 1860 (n.p.: National Society of
the Colonial Dames in America, 1974), unpaginated (Mrs. William
Miles Chick as Ann Eliza Chick); E. Maurice Bloch, The Paintings of George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné (Columbia:
University of Missouri Press, 1986), 116, 228–29; NAMA 1991, 81
(Mrs. William Miles Chick, only); Patsy Moss, “Portraits of George
Caleb Bingham Reveal a Different History of Greater Kansas
City,” Kawsmouth 3 (Winter/Spring 2001), 86; Margaret C. Con-
rads, “Bingham to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” American Art
Review 17 (January–February 2005), 153.
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George Caleb Bingham
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