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Provenance · Acquisition fund

Dale T. Johnson

This catalog gathers 19 public-domain works acquired through the Dale T. Johnson fund. Every work is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  1. Mrs. Anstis Stone Mrs. Anstis Stone William Verstille · 1802
  2. Self-Portrait Self-Portrait George Harvey · 1830
  3. Portrait of a Boy Portrait of a Boy Eliza Goodridge · 1829
  4. Portrait of a Girl Portrait of a Girl Philippe Abraham Peticolas · 1797
  5. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady Anna Claypoole Peale · 1822
  6. John St. Clair John St. Clair John Singleton Copley · 1758
  7. Benjamin Daniel Greene Benjamin Daniel Greene Henry I. Brown · 1848
  8. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady John Robinson · 1822
  9. Colonel James Elliott McPherson Colonel James Elliott McPherson Charles Fraser · 1819
  10. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady Frederick R. Spencer · 1830
  11. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady Louis Antoine Collas · 1816
  12. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman Anson Dickinson · 1838
  13. The Stump (after Ruisdael) The Stump (after Ruisdael) William Russell Birch · 1815
  14. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman James Reid Lambdin · 1831
  15. A. L. Clements A. L. Clements John Wood Dodge · 1838
  16. Mr. Hagner Mr. Hagner Daniel Dickinson · 1825
  17. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman Walter Robertson · 1794
  18. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman William M. S. Doyle · 1810
  19. Alexander Henry Durdin Alexander Henry Durdin Benjamin Trott · 1810

On provenance & the public domain

A credit line — the small "Acquisition fund of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.

Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.