(Ohio/New York, 1822-1902)
Will You Have Some Fruit?, 1871, signed lower right "Lilly M. Spencer/1871", oil on canvas, 43 x 34 in.; fine original gilt wood and composition exhibition frame, with colorman label for William Schaus…New York,. Condition: original stretcher, small points of retouch, abrasions, some limited crackle. Notes: Exhibition History: Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876, No. 99; [Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910], The Hudson River Museum, May 18-July 14, 1986 and The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, August 17- November 30, 1986.
Literature: Lee M. Edwards , [Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910], Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Inc, Yonkers, New York, 1986, No. 53, p.104, ill.106.. Provenance: R.H. Love, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Private Virginia Collection
Condition
original stretcher, small points of retouch, abrasions, some limited crackle