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The Country Fair, Barnstable

Artist William J. Mullins (American, 1860 - 1917)
Date1899
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 1/4 × 10 1/16 inches (10.8 × 25.55 cm)
Mount: 4 3/4 × 10 5/8 inches (12.07 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.46.7
SignedSigned on image recto, lower right corner: "W J Mullins"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, lower right corner, in black ink: "WILLIAM / JAMES / MULLINS / FRANKLIN, / PA."
InscribedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "The County Fair [underlined] Barnstable"
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "250"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of a large crowd gathered outside near trees and a large tented structure. Many of the men and women wear hats, some are adorned with flowers and ribbons.Provenance
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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Trees
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recto overall
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