Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 64.411
Date:
1894
Notes:
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Frankenstein, Alfred Victor, "After the hunt; William Harnett and other American still life painters, 1870-1900," Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969, #7.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 216.
Image on file.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 216.
(Lower right:) John F. Peto / .94 (On back. visible before relining:) OLD TIME LETTER RACK BY John F. Peto/Island Heights/New Jersey 1984 signed
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Summary:
A wooden door with bits of cards, a photograph, envelopes, a small sketch, a ticket, and a small booklet tucked under pieces of ribbon that are tacked to the door in a square fashion with an X through the middle.
