The Letter
1810-1885
Oil on canvas
20 5/8 in x 25 1/8 in
1865
As Published In:
Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection, 2012
As Exhibited In:
Taking Care: Images of Devotion and Caregiving within The Johnson Collection, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, September 3–December 12, 2025
Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, March 1–May 26, 2013, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, January 16–March 23, 2014, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, April 10–July 6, 2014, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, July 25, 2014–February 15, 2015, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, March 25–May 31, 2015, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC, August 8–November 2, 2015, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA, November 22, 2015–March 6, 2016, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, August 11–November 6, 2016
Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, June 21, 2009–February 7, 2010, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, June 2–August 2, 2012
Permanent Collection Display for the Civil War section of American Galleries, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, May 11–September 14, 2012
Permanent Collection Display for the Civil War section of American Galleries, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, May 1–October 31, 2010