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First Communion in the New World
Artist
Tompkins Harrison Matteson
(American, 1813 - 1884)
Date1858
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 40 x 50 1/4 in. (101.6 x 127.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Driscoll
Object number2001.29
Collections
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
On viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedbottom left: T. H. Matteson 1858
Exhibition HistoryInaugural Installation: 19th Century American Galleries (110), Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA, June 1, 2024 - present; Looking at Who We Are: The Palmer at 50, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA, September 23 - December 18, 2022.Published ReferencesJenkins, Philip. "How a Painting Illustrates the Nineteenth Century History Wars over American Christian Foundations." The Anxious Bench (blog), Patheos, November 1, 2023. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2023/11/how-a-painting-illustrates-the-nineteenth-century-history-wars-over-american-christian-foundations/.