Duck Shooters
William Tylee Ranney
(American, 1813–1857)
1849
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions66.04 x 101.92 cm (26 x 40 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number48.470
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1849, awarded by the American Art Union, New York (no.7861) to A.L. Hatch, Brooklyn, NY. By 1864, E. J. Dreer [1]. Milton Rathbun (d. 1902), Mt. Vernon, New York; by descent to Alan Rathbun, New York. 1946, with John Levy Galleries, New York; 1946, sold by John Levy Galleries to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1948, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1948)
[1] "Duck Shooters" was exhibited at the Philadelphia Great Central Fair, 1864, cat. 510, owner E. J. Dreer.
[1] "Duck Shooters" was exhibited at the Philadelphia Great Central Fair, 1864, cat. 510, owner E. J. Dreer.
