Thomas Hewes Hinckley (American, 1813-1896) Still Life of a Single Hanging Quail

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Thomas Hewes Hinckley (American, 1813-1896)

Still Life of a Single Hanging Quail
Signed and dated "T.H. Hinckley.1871." l.r., identified on a label from Vose Galleries of Boston affixed to the frame backing cardboard.
Oil on canvas, 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Retouch to the background, patch reinforcements to the reverse, craquelure.

Provenance: Vose Galleries of Boston to the current private Massachusetts collection, 1981.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Framed dimensions are 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches.

A dot and dashes of retouch to the background at the l.l. corner, a dot along the l.r. edge about four inches above the signature, and dashes of retouch to the u.r corner, including possible reinforcement to the shadow cast by the twine. The dots seem to correspond to the patch reinforcements on the reverse. Minor canvas rippling to l.l. corner.


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