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Source Description
Hays's fame rests on his sketches and oil paintings of animals and prairie views made on a 5-month trip up the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, and across the Great Plains into the Dakotas and Montana. He also painted and exhibited fruit and flower still lifes. Hays later visited England and made sketching trips to Nova Scotia and the Adirondacks. His studio was in New York City. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Maryland Historical Society.
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Document identity
localId
7461
label
Rabbits
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
7461
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Rabbits
description
Hays's fame rests on his sketches and oil paintings of animals and prairie views made on a 5-month trip up the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, and across the Great Plains into the Dakotas and Montana. He also painted and exhibited fruit and flower still lifes. Hays later visited England and made sketching trips to Nova Scotia and the Adirondacks. His studio was in New York City. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Maryland Historical Society.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
drawings
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.3
height
15.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 x W: 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower left: W. J. Hays
1859
med
oil on paper
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7115
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EAN
exhibition_ids
2152
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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638af075f553c5ed
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no
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2
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photo
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3e2949a521ceb3e7
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no