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JAMES HENRY CAFFERTY

American, (1819-1869)

The Midday Rest, 1858

oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right "J H Cafferty 1858"
26 x 38 inches

  • Provenance: Private Collection, Cornwall, New York, until 1984; Gloria and Richard Manney Collection; Christie's, New York, New York, December 4, 1996, lot 42; Phillip's, New York, New York, May 22, 2001, lot 11; Private Collection
  • Exhibited: New York, New York, National Academy of Design, "Annual Exhibition",1859, no. 718 (a copy of the exhibition record accompanies this lot); New York, New York, The New York Historical Society, "James Henry Cafferty N.A. (1819-1869)", 1986, pp. 31, 49, cat. no. 15 (illustrated); New York, New York, The New York Historical Society, "Art What Thou Eat: Images of Food in American Art", 1990-1991.
  • Notes: James Cafferty was esteemed for his portraits, especially those of fellow artists such as Jasper Francis Cropsey, and for his brilliantly colored depictions of children placed in lush landscapes. This painting continues the tradition of bucolic representations in American genre painting by artists such as George Henry Durrie, William Sidney Mount, and Jerome Thompson.

    The Midday Rest is one from a series of harvesting scenes Cafferty painted from 1858-1859 that may use his farm in New Jersey as their setting. The other paintings are "Harvesting in Monmouth County, New Jersey", exhibited in 1858, and "Harvest Home", exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, in 1859. In the exhibition catalog for "James Henry Cafferty" at the New York Historical Society, David Stewart Hall proclaims the present work to be "one of Cafferty's most ambitious---and most successful works."

    Framed dimensions: 38 x 51 x 5 inches

    James Cafferty was esteemed for his portraits, especially those of fellow artists such as Jasper Francis Cropsey, and for his brilliantly colored depictions of children placed in lush landscapes. This painting continues the tradition of bucolic representations in American genre painting by artists such as George Henry Durrie, William Sidney Mount, and Jerome Thompson. The Midday Rest is one from a series of harvesting scenes Cafferty painted from 1858-1859 that may use his farm in New Jersey as their setting. The other paintings are "Harvesting in Monmouth County, New Jersey", exhibited in 1858, and "Harvest Home", exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, in 1859. In the exhibition catalog for "James Henry Cafferty" at the New York Historical Society, David Stewart Hall proclaims the present work to be "one of Cafferty's most ambitious---and most successful works."

    Tags: oil painting, 19th century, genre scene, listed artist
  • Condition: in fair overall condition; wax lined; considerable restoration apparent under UV (UV photos available upon request); in an exceptional period frame

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