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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Richmond Slave Market Auction
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Richmond Slave Market Auction

Artist (British, 1822 - 1893)
Date1862
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions13 × 21 in. (33 × 53.3 cm)
Framed: 19 5/8 × 27 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2018.8
Signedl.l., on depicted barrel: [artist's monogram] 1862
Accession number 2018.8
On View
Not on view
Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by William J. Middendorf [b.1924]; (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Jay P. Altmayer [1915-1999], AL, 1967; to Estate of Jay P. Altmayer, AL, 1999; to (Christie’s Private Sales, New York, NY), 2018; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2018
Inscribedverso, on center stretcher member, in black marker: A8
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