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The Picnic
The Picnic
Artist/Maker (American, 1858 - 1938)
Date1933
MediumMixed-media braiding
DimensionsOverall: 74 1/4 × 74 1/4 in. (188.6 × 188.6 cm) Frame: 76 1/2 × 76 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (194.3 × 194.3 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Rich
Object number2005.7
Not on view
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Exhibition History 2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Provenance - 2005: Private collection of Thomas Rich, great-grandson of the artist, acquired by gift or inheritance
2005: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Thomas Rich
Published References A CENTURY OF CURIOSITIES: THE STORY OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 29- December 30, 2005, unnumbered cat.).
Signature Initialed and dated at right of bottom border of central picnic scene: JCK 1933
Inscribed Entitled at lower center: THE PICNIC
Miniature hat
Miniature hat
Date: date unknown
Medium: Natural fiber
Object number: 1984.498
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root with maiden hair fern and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.495
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.496
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root, maiden hair fern
Object number: 1984.497
Butcher of Distinction
Butcher of Distinction
Sean Paul
Date: 2005
Medium: Printed fabric on stretcher
Object number: 2012.3.17
Beaded blanket strip
Beaded blanket strip
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Beaded pouch
Beaded pouch
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Amulet with coin pendant
Amulet with coin pendant
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Photograph by John Bentham.
Moccasins
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather with beads
Object number: 1984.1.1a-b
Moccasins
Moccasins
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Belt
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
1929
1929
Karen Hampton
Date: 2001
Medium: Natural dyes and hand-stitching on found cotton tea towel
Object number: 2016.13