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How the Gossip Grew

Date: 1890

Dimensions: Height:   cm (   in.),  Width:  cm ( in.)

Owner/Location: Lithographs:  Several are held by private owner in different color states.


Description

Oil on canvas original is currently, location unknown.

Exhibitions

1890, London Royal Academy exhibition, item no. 151

Provenance

Art Collecting Files of Henry Clay FrickCollection Description Collection contains material, 1881-1925, documenting the art collecting activities of Henry Clay Frick, including purchases, catalogs and works exhibited, inventories and lists, correspondence with dealers and others, and works not acquired. Title Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912, “How the Gossip Grew”Description Purchased 1 December 1895 from M. Knoedler & Co. Returned for credit toward the purchase of Daubigny’s “The Ferry Boat,” 1 November 1899. Repurchased 22 July 1901 and given to Mrs. Lovejoy. Includes items from Bill Book No. 1, Bill Book No. 2, the Black Book, and the Red Book.Date 1896

Literature

Publications:

How the Gossip Grew