The Outing
John Henry Witt, American, 1840 - 1901
not dated
Oil on canvas
Overall: 13 1/4 × 17 in. (33.7 × 43.2 cm)
Frame: 17 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (43.8 × 53.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Friends Acquisition Fund
P.983.32
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: J H Witt. ANA
Provenance
Sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, "18th to 20th Century American Paintings & Drawings," May 26, 1971, New York, Lot 14; Jeffrey Brown (art dealer), by about 1975; Ira Spanierman, New York; Sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, "American 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors & Sculpture," 25 October, 1979, New York, Lot 51; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York; sold to present collection, 1983.
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