Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant)

1. David Chesebrough (1702/3–1782), Newport, RI, and Stonington, CT, 1754 [father of the sitter; this and the following according to letter from Dr. Charles M. Williams to Robert C. Vose, Jr., c. 1970; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his daughter, Abigail Grant (1734–by Dec. 1, 1807; born Abigail Chesebrough, also Mrs. Alexander Grant), Newport, RI, and London, 1782 [the sitter]; by descent to her grandson, Deacon David Chesebrough Smith (1782–1833), Stonington, CT, 1808; by descent to his daughter, Betsey Chesebrough Williams (1806–1860; born Betsey Chesebrough Smith, also Mrs. Charles Phelps Williams, Sr.), Stonington, CT, 1833; by descent to her daughter, Bessie S. Sherman (1832–1915; born Bessie S. Williams; also Mrs. Ezra Lewis Sherman), Chicago, 1860; given to the Stonington Historical Society, Stonington, CT, 1916 [letter from Dr. J. H. Weeks to Dr. C. Williams, Dec. 23, 1916; copy in curatorial object file]; consigned to Vose Galleries, Boston, by Oct., 1970 [<em>Antiques</em> Oct., 1970, 561]; Amelia Peabody (1890–1984), Boston, 1977; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Bolton and Binsse, <em>Antiquarian</em> (Nov., 1930), 50, ff.
• Morgan and Foote, “Descriptive List of the Work of Joseph Blackburn,” <em>American Antiquarian Society</em> 110 (1937), 30–31.
• Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 71–75, cat. 17 (ill.).
• Michael J. Boonstra, "Descendants of 'King' David Chesebrough of Newport, Rhode Island, With Clues to the Identity of His Son-In-Law, Hon. Alexander Grant, Esq., of Scotland, Newport, Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and London," <em>The New England Historical and Genealogical Register</em> 156, no. 624 (Oct., 2002), 372–88 (ill.).

Day (Truth)

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Blackburn

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The Rapidity of Sleep

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Christa and Wolfi

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Reclining Nude

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Midday Sorrow

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La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)

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Dead Fowl

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