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The Happy Moment

(American (born in England), 1812–67)
1847
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions68.58 x 55.88 cm (27 x 22 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1222
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: CLONNEY.1847.
ProvenanceThe artist; to G.W. Austen, 1847; sold at auction, Meredith Gallery, New York; with Charles D. Childs, Boston, 1944; to MFA, 1947, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
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