![Att. William Mount [1807-1868] Long Island ,New York artist" Resting" circa 1850's](https://davidsmernoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_00191.png)
![Attributed to William Mount [1807-1868] Long Island, New York artist : Resting, ca.1850s.](https://davidsmernoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_00191-3-600x675.jpg)
![Attributed to William Mount [1807-1868] Long Island, New York artist : Resting, ca.1850s.](https://davidsmernoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_00201-1-600x699.jpg)
American School
Resting, ca.1850
Oil on canvas
10-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches [unframed] | 17-1/2 x 15 inches [framed]
Unsigned.
CONDITION:
Unrestored original condition. No repairs. No restoration.
DESCRIPTION:
Resting, ca.1846 depicts a man with hat smoking a pipe sitting next to a bird in a cage. This painting may be William Sidney Mount or his circle.
PROVENANCE:
1995 ( David Smernoff, New Haven, CT & New York, NY ) ;
before 1995 Private collection of Nancy Steiner, Hamden, CT ;
ca.1846 Circle of William Sidney Mount [1807-1868], the artist .
EXHIBITIONS:
2020 David Smernoff, New York, NY, “Tiny moments : the life of genre painting”, November 15 – December 31.
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