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Companion to the Contested Slice of Bread and Butter Been Bitten by a Dog, (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Guet  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 64 (Sale info: $14.00).
[Full entry reads: "Companion to the preceeding. - A boy in the foreground has just been bitten by a dog, which may be seen running in the background with a tin kettle attached to his tail, hotly pursued by several urchins - pleasing and highly finished pictures." Price noted in contemporary hand is for this entry and its companion piece, serial 03040047, together.]
150 Splendid, Modern, European Paintings, now exhibiting at the corner of Four-and-a-Half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Will be sold without Reserve at Public Auction, on Saturday Morning, July 24, at ten o'clock. Dyer & Wright, Auc. Washington: Joseph Etter, Printer. 1841.
Topic:
Children  Search this
State of Being--Evil--Mischief  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
State of Being--Emotion--Sorrow  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03040048
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_62703