Signed at lower left: "J A Elder / Virginia
Virginiana Fund (formerly credited as "Virginia Museum Art Purchase Fund").
John Adams Elder: Fredericksburg's Artist of the Civil War, Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, April 9 – September 7, 2008
American ABC: Childhood in 19th Century America, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February 1 – May 7, 2006; Smithsonian Art Museum, Washington, D.C., July 4 – September 17, 2006; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, November 1, 2006 – January 7, 2007
The Portrayal of the Black Musician in American Art, California Afro-American Museum Los Angeles, CA, March 7 – August 14, 1987; Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, Penn., January 8 – March 11, 1988; Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, Mass., April 4 – May 16, 1988; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, July 22 – September 30, 1988
Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, May 18 – July 14, 1986; Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, August 17 – November 30, 1986
Painting in the South, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., September 14 – November 27, 1983; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham Alabama, January 1 – March 4, 1984; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, April 1 – May 27, 1984; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, June 24 – August 26, 1984; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, September 16 – November 11, 1984; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, December 9, 1984 – February 3, 1985
American ABC: Childhood in 19th Century America, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February 1 – May 7, 2006; Smithsonian Art Museum, Washington, D.C., July 4 – September 17, 2006; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, November 1, 2006 – January 7, 2007
The Portrayal of the Black Musician in American Art, California Afro-American Museum Los Angeles, CA, March 7 – August 14, 1987; Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, Penn., January 8 – March 11, 1988; Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, Mass., April 4 – May 16, 1988; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, July 22 – September 30, 1988
Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, May 18 – July 14, 1986; Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, August 17 – November 30, 1986
Painting in the South, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., September 14 – November 27, 1983; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham Alabama, January 1 – March 4, 1984; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, April 1 – May 27, 1984; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, June 24 – August 26, 1984; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, September 16 – November 11, 1984; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, December 9, 1984 – February 3, 1985
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