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Rabbits
William Jacob Hays Sr. (American, 1830-1875)1889
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Hays's fame rests on his sketches and oil paintings of animals and prairie views made on a 5-month trip up the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, and across the Great Plains into the Dakotas and Montana. He also painted and exhibited fruit and flower still lifes. Hays later visited England and made sketching trips to Nova Scotia and the Adirondacks. His studio was in New York City. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Maryland Historical Society.
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- Title: Rabbits
- Creator: William Jacob Hays Sr. (American, 1830-1875)
- Date Created: 1889
- Subject Keywords: rabbits; bunnies; animals
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: William Jacob Hays Sr. (American, 1830-1875)
- Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
- Object Type: paintings; drawings
- Medium: oil on paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower left: W. J. Hays, 1889
- Exhibitions: A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006.
- Dimensions: H: 8 x W: 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1574
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