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Dec 4, 2021
(British/America, 1819-1905)
Ruffed Grouse Chicks, 1860, signed lower right "A.F. Tait/1860", also signed and dated verso "No 183/A F Tait 1860", oil on board, painted oval, 9-1/2 x 12-3/4 in.; period carved gilt wood and composition frame with oval spandrel, 17 x 21 in.
Note: Literature: Cadbury, Warder H., Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and Henry F. Marsh. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1986.; Cadbury lists at least three paintings of this size and this subject painted in 1860, all with unknown signature information. It is not known for certain which, if any, refer to this particular painting.
yellowed varnish, surface dirt layer, wear, cracking and chips at corners and edges not visible under frame; frame with wear commensurate with age
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