Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art P. O. Box 711, 406 Federal Street Dover Delaware 19903
Date:
Ca. 1825
Notes:
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, no. 236.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999.
Naeve, Milo M., 2007.
Image on file.
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, pg. 265.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999, pg. 19.
unsigned
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Summary:
A watermelon broken in half rests on a table with several peaches, a cluster of grapes, and a cantaloupe. A leafy vine rests across the top of the watermelon.