Captain Moore, A Nantucket Whaler

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Captain Moore, A Nantucket Whaler
Captain Moore, A Nantucket Whaler
Artist/Maker (American, 1824 - 1906)
Datec. 1870-87
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsComposition: 6 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (17.1 × 22.2 cm) Stretcher: 7 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 3/4 in. (18.4 × 23.2 × 1.9 cm) Frame: 14 3/4 × 16 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (37.5 × 42.9 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter Beinecke, Jr., H1966
Object number1989.21
Not on view
DescriptionStudy for figure of Captain Moore for painting "Nantucket School of Philosophy," 1887 (at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland)
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Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no 10).
Provenance 1989: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift from Walter Beinecke, Jr.;
1982 - 1989: Walter Beinecke, Jr., by purchase from Robert A. di Curcio;
1982: Robert A. di Curcio, by purchase from Richard York Gallery, New York;
? - 1982: Richard York Gallery, New York;
unknown dates: Terry De Lapp Gallery, Los Angeles, by trade or purchase from Brigham Young University;
1963 - ?: Brigham Young University, by gift of Robert H. Burton;
? - 1963: Robert H. Burton.
Published References FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 3, April 1990, "Acquisitions").

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.10).
Signature Signed "EJ" at lower left.
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