The Old Road to the Sea
c. 1893
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
American Painting and Sculpture
The Old Road to the Sea, c. 1893. William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916). Oil on canvas; framed: 134.3 x 159.7 x 10.8 cm (52 7/8 x 62 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.); unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); former: 118.5 x 144 x 5.5 cm (46 5/8 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1938.333 Chase loved big dogs, variously owning a greyhound, a borzoi, and an Irish wolfhound.
- Maker/Artist
- Chase, William Merritt
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 134.3 x 159.7 x 10.8 cm (52 7/8 x 62 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Former: 118.5 x 144 x 5.5 cm (46 5/8 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: WM M. Chase [WM in monogram]
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1938.333
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age, Southampton, N.Y., Parrish Art Museum, William Merritt Chase 1849-1916: A Retrospective Exhibition (1957), no. 52.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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