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JUMPING TROUT

Creator: HARRY DRISCOLE
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Provenance: Private collection, purchased 1995.
Driscole was known for painting primarily fish and posing them being captured in their natural habitat. He paid great attention to detail as seen here of a brook trout jumping out of the water taking a fly.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signed (l.r.): H.A. Driscole
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas, in a period gilt frame
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition.
Creation Date:	ca. 1890-1900
Styles / Movements:	Realism
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 568
Incollect Reference #:	361085

Dimensions

W.	14 in;	H.	20 in;
W.	35.56 cm;	H.	50.8 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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