Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bargaining for a Horse (Farmers Bargaining)
Title
Bargaining for a Horse (Farmers Bargaining)
Date
1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 30 in. ( 61 x 76.2 cm )
frame: 35 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (90.2 x 105.4 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number
1858.59
Gallery Label
Bargaining for a Horse, which was painted for the New York collector and art patron, Luman Reed, is perhaps Mount's best-known canvas, and was called Farmers Bargaining by Reed and was exhibited under that title at the National Academy in 1836.
Provenance
Luman Reed, d. 1836; Mrs. Luman Reed, New York, 1836-44; New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1844-58.
Bibliography
Weinberg, H. Barbara, and Barratt, Carrie Rebora, Eds., American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, pp. 31-2, 72.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
