The Old Kettle
c. 1890s
Painter, American, 1854 - 1907


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 69-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.)
framed: 22.86 x 29.85 x 2.22 cm (9 x 11 3/4 x 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1999.79.31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 June 1981, no. 31); purchased by (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., New York) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by the artist's daughter, Helen Peto Smiley, reverse: Painted by My Father John Frederick Peto / Helen Peto Smiley
Wikidata ID
Q20190199