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Rebele, Henry,
Animal -- Dog
Animal -- Portrait
Painting
Bob, the Vigilant Fire Company's Dog, (painting).
Artist:
Rebele, Henry, painter.
Title:
Bob, the Vigilant Fire Company's Dog, (painting).
Dates:
1863.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower right:) H. REBELE./Pittsburgh/Pa (Upper left:) VIGILANT/FIRE CO'S/BOB/POISON'D/JUNE 7TH/1860 (Lower left:) PRESENTED/to the/VIGILANT FIRE CO./by/J.S. (illegible)RTH & D. KLOPPMAN./PITTSBURGH, JULY 1 1863 (On dog's collar:) Vigilant Fire Co./PITTSBURGH signed
Description:
Portrait of a dog standing beside a fire hydrant.
Subject:
Animal -- Dog
Animal -- Portrait -- Bob
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 69.43.13
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Vigilant Fire Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mashey, George, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by 1879.
References:
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pg. 194.
Illustration:
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 391.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 46470212
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Inventory of American Paintings
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