(Pennsylvania/Maine, 1869-1964) The Meet at White Horse Tavern, 1923, signed lower left "Chas. Morris Young 1923", oil on canvas, 20-1/8 x 24-1/8 in.; original carved and gilt wood frame with carved signature "Philip N. Yates", original stretcher and tacking edge, good condition, very slightly loose, dry unvarnished surface; frame with some loss to gesso. Notes: The frame maker, Philip Yates (born 1885), worked out of Philadelphia, making frames for important artists of the early 20th century. His circle was the same as Harer's, another renowned frame maker. It is thought that Yates himself consulted with artists in the selection of frames for their works. Radnor Hunt, founded in 1883, is the oldest continuously active fox hunt in the United States, recognized by the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America. Charles Morris Young commissioned to paint portraits of the club's members and many scenes. Young attended Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts and studied with Thomas Eakins and trained under Robert Vonnoh and Thomas Anshutz,the academy's most prominent teachers. At the suggestion of fellow PAFA student, Mary Cassatt, Charles and his wife, lived in Giverny and Paris before returning to States and eventually establishing Radnor, Pennsylvania home, where they lived most of each year until their deaths. In 1962, about 185 of his paintings were destroyed in a house fire, and 19 others stolen in 1989. The subject of this auction lot, is the same as Young's iconic masterpiece, also titled Meet at White Horse, as seen from a different view. Image and description detailed in The Bulletin of Radnor Historical Society, Volume 1, No. 7, Spring, 1957. For another view of the subject see: Charles Morris Young, Fox Hunters at White Horse, 1932, oil on canvas, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Thomas Hall, Jr.. Provenance: Samuel T. Freeman & Co., March 22, 1954, lot 448; Property of a Pennsylvania Family

original stretcher and tacking edge, good condition, very slightly loose, dry unvarnished surface; frame with some loss to gesso