Richard Morrell Staigg (Rhode Island, 1817-1881) Viking Tower, Newport, Rhode Island

Description:

Richard Morrell Staigg (Rhode Island, 1817-1881)

Viking Tower, Newport, Rhode Island
Unsigned, dated "1835" l.r.
Oil on panel, 16 x 22 3/8 in., in a black-painted frame.
Condition: Area of retouch in sky above the tower, area of paint lifting l.l.

Provenance: Collection of Herbert W. Hemphill; Judy and Jim Milne, August 31, 1977.

Literature: Exhibition catalog for The Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. Collection of 18th, 19th, and 20th Century American Folk Art, #26.

Exhibitions: The Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. Collection of 18th, 19th, and 20th Century American Folk Art, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, November 9, 1974-February 2, 1975; Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980; and Powder Horns to Portraits: Rhode Island Folk Art, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, October 31, 1984-March 31, 1985.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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