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The Approaching Storm

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The Approaching Storm

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Name:
The Approaching Storm
Artist:
Thomas Barker (English, b.1769, d.1847), painter
Place:
England/United Kingdom
Medium:
oil on walnut panel
Measurements:
17 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (45.4 x 65.4 cm)
Classification:
Painting
Department:
European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. King, Jr.
Provenance:
1959-present; Received through his mother's estate, gave to the CAM.; Bequeathed to her son.; Received as a gift. Bequeathed to his wife, Bertha.; Reportedly purchased at Thomas Freeman Auctioneers, Philadelphia. Frederick W. King, Jr. indicated in a letter of November 5, 1959, that A. Atwater Kent bought the paitning from Thomas Feeman Auctioneers in the late 1930s. Today known as S. T. Freeman & Co., the auction house does not have specific auction sale records and did not find the painting in any auction catalogues dating from 1935 to 1940. See correspondence, February 7, 2002.
Accession No:
1959.237

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