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The Picnic
The Picnic
Artist/Maker Jessie Catherine Kinsley 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
Collections
Published ReferencesA CENTURY OF CURIOSITIES: THE STORY OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 29- December 30, 2005, unnumbered cat.).

Additional Details

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
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: 19th-20th century
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Object number: 2023.10.1
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Shoe
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather
Object number: 2023.10.2
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Pair of Shoes
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, thread
Object number: 2023.10.3a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Unknown artist
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Leather, thread, dye
Object number: 2023.10.4a-b