About This Artwork

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
French, 1792-1845

The Diligence, c. 1820-23

Oil on canvas
12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.5 x 40.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, 1965.1178

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, "The Romantic Circle," October 15–November 30, 1952, pp. 8, 14, cat. 23, pl. III.

Publication History

Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report, 1965-66 (Chicago, 1966), pp. 9, 27, 36 (ill.).

Ownership History

Julius H. Weitzner, New York, by 1952 [lent to Hartford, 1952]. Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, Chicago, by 1965; given to the Art Institute, 1965.