Study for "The Thirsty Drover"
Artist
Francis William Edmonds
(American, 1806 - 1863)
Dateca. 1856
MediumOil on academy board
DimensionsUnframed: 10 3/16 × 7 3/8 inches (25.88 × 18.73 cm)
Framed: 13 7/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 15/16 inches (34.13 × 28.58 × 4.92 cm)
Framed: 13 7/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 15/16 inches (34.13 × 28.58 × 4.92 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: The Enid Jackson Kemper Fund
Object numberF95-15
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DescriptionThree-quarters length image of a man sitting astride a horse (the top of which is only summarily pictured). Man is dressed in blue pants, a white shirt, black bow tie, red vest and beige jacket and wears a straw hat and holds a crop under his left arm. Downward toward his right hand which is reaching away from the horse. Hand rests on the horse's neck.Published ReferencesThe American Painting Collection of Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth,
exh. cat. (New York: Coe-Kerr Gallery, 1970), 20; Margaret C.
Conrads, “American Painting Enters Collection,” Calendar of
Events (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), April 1996, 2.
exh. cat. (New York: Coe-Kerr Gallery, 1970), 20; Margaret C.
Conrads, “American Painting Enters Collection,” Calendar of
Events (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), April 1996, 2.
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