An English Breakfast

c. 1890s

John Frederick Peto

Associated Names
John Frederick Peto

Painter, American, 1854 - 1907

This painting depicts a dark brown teapot and a fish on a white cloth. The fish is mostly greenish gray, with some white and pale red scales. It appears to be propped up on something, perhaps a plate or another fish, and its head is facing the right. The teapot is on the left, with its spout turned towards us. The background is textured beige, and the white cloth below the objects has some small folds in it.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M69

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on academy board

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.8 x 22 cm (5 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    framed: 25.72 x 33.02 x 2.22 cm (10 1/8 x 13 x 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.79.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); purchased December 1965 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1983, no. 224, repro.

2013

  • Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, The Art Institute of Chicago; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, 2013-2014, no. 56, fig. 14.

Wikidata ID

Q20190118

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