The Trotter "Don Juan"
James Henry Cafferty, American, 1819 - 1869
about 1839
Oil on canvas
Overall: 9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (23.5 × 29.8 cm)
Frame: 13 9/16 × 16 1/4 in. (34.5 × 41.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frank P. Stetz in memory of David Stewart Hull, Class of 1960
P.2004.83.8
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in cream-colored pigment, top left: Centreville / Oct. 1839 / {1st heat 5.17 / 2d." 5.14 1/2} / 4th mile 2.33 1/2; signed, in brown pigment, lower right: J.H. CAFFERTY.
Exhibition History
James Henry Cafferty, N.A.(1819-1869), New-York Historical Society, New York, May 22-August 24, 1986, no.1.
Publication History
David Stewart Hull, James Henry Cafferty, N.A.(1819-1869), New-York Historical Society, New York, 1986, p.23.
Provenance
Plaza Galleries, New York, New York; Nicolas di Benedetto & Co., Inc., East Quoque, New York; sold to David Stuart Hull, New York, N.Y, 1983; bequeathed to Frank P. Stetz, New York, NY, 1998; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hull no.1 (page 46 in catalogue raisonné section of David Stuart Hull, James Henry Cafferty, N.A. (1818-1869), New-York Historical Society, New York, 1986).
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