John Sargent Noble
Otter Hunting ("On the Scent")

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Otter Hunting ("On the Scent")
Date1881
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions41 × 60 in. (104.1 × 152.4 cm)
Frame: 54 1/4 × 73 in. (137.8 × 185.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2006," and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2006.632
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, United Kingdom; [Acquired by William Secord Gallery]; purchased by MFAH with funds provided by “One Great Night in November 2006.”
Exhibition History"In the Company of Cats and Dogs," Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, June 22–September 21, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso frame, all four sides: "1895 fleau perles gorge unie feuilles aux coin Modele Toré ? (illegible - some covered partially)

Marked in ink on paper label on verso frame, right edge: "Salon de 18 ... (torn) / ... - Vander Burch Jacq (torn) ... / ... (?, illegible) / Naples"
Signed in the image, lower right: "J. S Noble / 1881"
Printed back label: "William Secord Gallery, Inc. / 52 East 76th Street / New York, NY 10021 / ... "

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