(New York/England, 1819-1905)
Quail and Setter, 1876, signed lower left "A.F. Tait/ N.Y. 1876", inscribed originally verso "A.F. Tait/Long Lake/Hamilton Co/N.Y." (image), oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.; gilt wood frame lined, restretched on new stretcher, cleaned, revarnished and readdressed retouch in sky by Colin Post, Asheville, North Carolina; frame with abrasions. Notes: Literature: Warder H.t Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, [Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks], Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1986, #76.9 in checklist, p. 236. Provenance: Commissioned from artist by John E. Sidman, April 1876; Estate of Hugh and Mary Chatham, State Road, North Carolina
Condition
lined, restretched on new stretcher, cleaned, revarnished and readdressed retouch in sky by Colin Post, Asheville, North Carolina; frame with abrasions