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Jul 11, 2024
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)
A Day on the River
signed "A. Lassell Ripley (c)" lower left
watercolor, 14 by 20 1/2 in.
The Sportsman's Gallery, New York label on back
Charles Engelhard, who initially acquired this painting from The Sportsman's Gallery, was an American mining magnate with significant business interests in South Africa. He was a noted thoroughbred horse enthusiast, endowed a court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and hung this painting at his fishing camp, Manderville Farms on the Renous River in New Brunswick. Engelhard's wife, Jane, gave the painting to Ida Manderville in 1976. Carl Manderville, Ida's husband who managed the camp, is a member of the Atlantic Salmon Museum's Hall of Fame.
Provenance: Charles and Jane Engelhard, acquired from The Sportsman’s Edge
Carl and Ida Manderville Collection, gifted in 1971
Don and Linda Manderville, by descent
Alex Chester Collection, acquired September 2018
Literature: Alex Chester, "Fishing and Painting the Miramichi," Hunting and Fishing Collectibles, January-February 2020, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 14, illustrated.
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