Study for "Shad Fishing"

c. 1846

William Tylee Ranney

Artist, American, 1813 - 1857

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude J. Ranney (grandson of the artist), Malvern, Pennsylvania; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • William Ranney, Painter of the Early West, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, 1962-1963, p. 49, no. 123, repro

1991

  • William Tylee Ranney: East of the Mississippi, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1991-1992, pp. 84-85, no. 41, repro

2006

  • William Ranney: An American Artist, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006-2007, pp. 186, 188, no. D9, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 31, no. 217.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: W.T.R.

Wikidata ID

Q64639759

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