About This Artwork
John F. Francis
American, 1808-1886
Wine, Cheese, and Fruit1857
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 in.)
Signed, lower right: "J. F. Francis/ Pt. 1857"
Restricted gift of Charles C. Haffner III and Mrs. Herbert Alexander Vance; Wesley M. Dixon, Jr., Fund, 1994.239
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
“Important Works and New Galleries at Art Institute,” Antiques and Auction News, Mar. 24, 1995, pp. 27–28 (ill.).
“Chicago’s Art Institute Lists Recent Acquisitions,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, July 21, 1995, p. 80 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 184-85, no. 84.
Ownership History
Elizabeth Selden Hubbard, Findley, Ohio; by descent to William Buckley Hubbard, by 1994; Christie’s, New York, 1994; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.