Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered]
Fruit Painting, in oil.--To a charming painting exhibited by Thos. S. Noble, St. Louis, was decreed the first premium, Diploma and fifteen dollars. It represented a piece of melon, and vase filled with fruit. Both of the premium articles evinced the genius and skill of genuine artists. [P. 97; see entry 02490017 for other work noted in this commentary.]
Report of the Fifth Annual Fair of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association, of September, 1860. Prepared by M. Hopewell, M.D. St. Louis: George Knapp & Co., Printers and Binders. 1861.
