Advanced Search 
Duck Hunters on the Hoboken Marshes
Duck Shooters
Duck Hunters on the Hoboken Marshes
William Tylee Ranney (American, 1813–1857)
1849
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.04 x 101.92 cm (26 x 40 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession Number48.470
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower center, on boat: W Ranney/49
Provenance1849, awarded by the American Art Union, New York (no.7861) to A.L. Hatch, Brooklyn, NY. By 1864, E. J. Dreer [1]. Milton Rathbun (d. 1902), Mt. Vernon, New York; by descent to Alan Rathbun, New York. 1946, with John Levy Galleries, New York; 1946, sold by John Levy Galleries to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1948, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1948)
[1] "Duck Shooters" was exhibited at the Philadelphia Great Central Fair, 1864, cat. 510, owner E. J. Dreer.
[1] "Duck Shooters" was exhibited at the Philadelphia Great Central Fair, 1864, cat. 510, owner E. J. Dreer.