Still Life with Pair of Hanging Ducks (Study of Ducks)
James Henry Cafferty, American, 1819 - 1869
1869
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (61.2 × 37.1 cm)
Frame: 30 7/16 × 13 1/2 in. (77.3 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frank P. Stetz in memory of David Stewart Hull, Class of 1960
P.2004.83.15
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in black pigment with red highlights, lower right: JH Cafferty, NA. / Ap. 14th 1869
Exhibition History
Cafferty Memorial Show, National Academy of Design, New York, New York, 1869-1870.
Provenance
Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc., Timonium, Maryland, October 19, 1995, Lot 64; sold to David Stuart Hull; bequeathed to Frank P. Stetz, New York, New York, 1998; given to present collection, 2004.
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