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Title |
An Anxious Moment |
Object Name |
Painting |
Date |
1880 |
Artist |
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam |
Medium |
Oil |
Subjects |
Hunting Long Lake |
Material |
Canvas |
Description |
Naturalistic depiction of two bearded men in birch canoe, one paddling, one with rifle, approaching a distant buck and doe, with forest and lake background, fall coloring. From "The Adirondack World of A.F. Tait:" Tait described this painting in his Register as Follows: "Painted from Nature - Two Guides in a Canoe, coming up to two Deer View on Long Lake looking across towards the big [Swamp (crossed out)] Marsh." Handwritten, verso "B.N. 1880/ View Long Lake/ Hamilton Co./ N.Y./ "An Anxious Moment" /"Suspense"/ Painted from nature/ by/ A. F. Tait, N.A." |
Notes |
AML: 37, ill. 3) Cadbury and Marsh, ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT, ARTIST IN THE ADIRONDACKS, Newark, Del., The American Art Journal/University of Delaware Press, 1986, Tait checklist no. 80.21, ill. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design's 56th Annual Exhibition, 1881 WKV September 21, 1967 Artist File Folder (AML): Photocopies of Tait holdings in the Museum and cataloging worksheets, photocopy of Tait application for patent, article in "The Conservationist" April 2011. Accession File Folder: Cataloging worksheet, exhibition labels, request for purchase of prints, photographs, reference inquiries, correspondence with donor, conservation information and photographs, exhibition lists Tait File (#80.21): Photographs, register information |
Dimensions |
H-20 W-30 inches |
Collection |
ART PAINTING |
Search Terms |
Long Lake hunting lakes and ponds Hamilton County canoe sporting |
Catalog Number |
1957.206.0001 |
Other number |
ptg. #011 |
Imagefile |
052\1957.206.0001.JPG |
Species |
Painting |
Credit line |
Gift of Walter Hochschild |