LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 25.12 in. (63.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed John F. Peto and dated 94 (lower left); also signed, titled and inscribed Old Time Letter Rack/John F. Peto/Artist 1894/Island Heights/N.J. on the reverse

Exhibited:

Savannah, Georgia, Savannah College of Art and Design, Nature's Banquet: 19th Century American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, January-March 2010

Provenance:

An unknown estate, Los Angeles, California. Sold: John Moran Auctioneers, Altadena, California, October 17, 2006, lot 53, illustrated. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale