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Trying his Luck, (A Group of Spanish Children), (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Hall, Geo. H.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 159 (Sale info: $1500.00).
The boy who is about to turn the bar has paid the boy in the blue jacket a penny, for the privilege of turning a certain number of times; if the bar stops above one of the brass nails, he wins cake from the basket or candy from the box. [P. 7; price noted by a contemporary hand.]
Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture now open for exhibition by the Utica Art Association, at Association Hall, (Mechanics' Hall Building,) Hotel Street, Utica. 1871. Hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 7 to 10 p.m. Utica, N.Y.: Roberts, Book and Job Printer, 60 Genesee Street. 1871.
Topic:
Children  Search this
Recreation--Gambling  Search this
State of Being--Other--Luck  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
AECI 00480167
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_7246