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Courter, Franklin C.,
Landscape -- Michigan
Landscape -- River
Landscape -- River
Portrait male -- Titus, Samuel J.
Portrait male -- Shepard, David
Portrait male -- Simpson, Billy
Portrait male -- Nichols, John
Portrait male -- Nichols, Edward C.
Portrait male -- Auleman, Cornelius
Portrait male -- Stewart, Reed
Portrait male -- nichols, John T.
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Object -- Game
Architecture exterior -- Domestic
Architecture -- Other
Painting
The Vibrator Club Hunting Party on the Ausable River in 1876, (painting).
Artist:
Courter, Franklin C., 1854-1947, painter.
Title:
The Vibrator Club Hunting Party on the Ausable River in 1876, (painting).
Dates:
1882.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
30 x 45 in.
Inscription:
signed
Subject:
Landscape -- Michigan
Landscape -- River -- Ausable River
Landscape -- River -- Au Sable River
Portrait male -- Titus, Samuel J. -- Full length
Portrait male -- Shepard, David -- Full length
Portrait male -- Simpson, Billy -- Full length
Portrait male -- Nichols, John -- Full length
Portrait male -- Nichols, Edward C. -- Full length
Portrait male -- Auleman, Cornelius -- Full length
Portrait male -- Stewart, Reed -- Full length
Portrait male -- nichols, John T. -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Hunting
Object -- Game -- Deer
Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Tent
Architecture -- Other -- Campsite
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Kingman Museum of Natural History, Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, Michigan 49017
Remarks:
The Nichols and Shepard Company of Battle Creek, Michigan produced farm equipment, and in the mid-1880s the company invented the Vibrator Threshing Machine. The founders of the Nichols and Shepard Company, along with other local sportsmen and civic leaders organized a club --the Vibrator Club --named for the named in honor of the Vibrator Threshing Machine. For forty-four years, the club conducted hunting parties. The members of the Vibrator Club pictured in this painting are, from left to right: Samuel J. Titus, David Shepard, Billy Simpson, John Nichols, Edward C. Nichols, Cornelius Auleman, Reverend Reed Stewart, and John T. Nichols. The artist Franklin C. Courter was a frequent participant at the Vibrator Club festivities.
References:
Kingman Museum of Natural History, 1980, 2008.
Mershon, William B., "Recollections of My Fifty Years of Hunting and Fishing," Boston, MA: Stratford Company, 1923.
Illustration:
Mershon, William B., "Recollections of My Fifty Years of Hunting and Fishing," Boston, MA: Stratford Company, 1923.
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 62960001
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