"Stage coaches pass by the door every day" [art original] / D.E. Cronin 1885.

Creator:

Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist.

Copyright Date:

[1885]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor on wove paper ; image 17.9 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 38.5 cm

Notes:

Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Bound as page 222 in volume 12 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world : select passages from his letters / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 288.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image.
Title written below image.

Abstract:

Drawing of a stagecoach driving to the left down a dirt road, the four horse team in full gallop. Two passengers ride on top of the coach along with the driver and bugler; several passengers inside can be seen through the windows. Trees line the road, with the top of a church or cathedral visible directly behind the coach and the spire of another church barely visible in the distance at the end of the road. A river or stream occupies the forground and enters an arched tunnel that disappears under the road.

Topics:

Roads.
Stagecoaches.

Topics:

Borden, Matthew C. D.--(Matthew Chaloner Durfee),--1842-1912--Ownership.
Brecker, William D.--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Watercolors--American--19th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Source Title:

Horace Walpole and his world : select passages from his letters.

Call Number:

Folio 225 884S Copy 2

Orbis Record:

13692675

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36683

Citation:

David Edward Cronin, "Stage Coaches Pass by the Door Every Day". The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16704379

PID:

digcoll:4679354