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Mar 26, 2022
(American, 1818-1893)
Bay of New York from the Heights of Hoboken, 1860, signed and dated lower left "W.R. Miller 1860", original artist label verso, oil on canvas, 25-1/4 x 37 in.; fine reproduction gilt wood and composition frame, 31-1/4 x 43-1/4 in.
Note: Literature: American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society 2, 2. New York: New York Historical Society, 1982, p. 357; William Rickarby Miller: 19th Century Landscape Painter, Art & Antiques, May-June 1983, p. 66, ill.
Provenance: Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, NY, (label verso); Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York NY (label verso) until 1980; Private Collection; Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York (label verso), purchased in 2005 for $142,500 (includes original receipt); Property from an Important Charleston Collection
wax and linen lined, evidence under black light of repaired vertical tear left side sky, stabilized crackle; frame with wear and abrasions
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