Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)
Retrieving a Mallard, 1863
signed and dated "A. F. Tait. N.Y. 1863." lower left
oil on canvas, 16 by 26 in.

Tait's register records this work as, "285 Dog & Duck." The painting was exhibited and sold at the Leeds Sale, December 18, 1863. Tait and his gallerist, John Snedecor, put together two auctions, run by famed auctioneer Henry H. Leeds. This painting was sold in their first successful auction of Tait's works, where an incredible fifty-eight offerings by the artist were sold.

Provenance: Henry H. Leeds Sale, John Snedecor Gallery, New York, December 18, 1863
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Mr. George A. Butler, Houston, Texas, circa 1960
Private Collection, by descent from the above
Sotheby's, New York, November 30, 1989, lot 73
Private Collection, Weston, Massachusetts

Literature: Warder H. Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, "Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks," Newark, DE, 1986, p. 173, no. 63.60, illustrated.

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