1961.155: Still Life with Hanging Duck

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1961.155

People

Attributed to Henry Thomas Bromley, English (Birmingham, England 1853-1924)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to William Michael Harnett, American (Clonakilty, Ireland 1848 - 1892 New York, NY)

Title

Still Life with Hanging Duck

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Still Life with Duck

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1890-c. 1900

Culture

English

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228053

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

59.1 x 48.3 cm (23 1/4 x 19 in.)
framed: 85.4 x 74 x 3.8 cm (33 5/8 x 29 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l.: with artist's monogram, WMH [for Harnett]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles K. Lock; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles K. Lock

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

1961.155

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Alfred V. Frankenstein, After the Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870 - 1900, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA, 1969), p. 183
• Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 91, ill.

Exhibition History

• American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

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