Signed, upper right: H. Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray

by February 1889, Thomas B. Clark (New York, New York, USA)

by 1897, Miss Grace Hearn

before 1980, private collection (New Jersey, USA)

1980, Jordan Volpe Gallery (New York, New York, USA)

1980, Grand Central Art Galleries (New York, New York, USA)

before 1982, Mr. and Mrs. Haig Tashjian. 1984, Joan Michelman, Ltd.. 1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Third Annual Art Loan Exhibition of the New York Athletic Club. Exh. cat., New York Athletic Club. New York, 1889, no. 36. [Note: painting still unfinished when exhibited] 64th Annual Exhibition. Exh. cat., National Academy of Design. New York, 1889, no. 317. Catalogue of the 2nd Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1889, no. 67. “Art Notes.” Art Interchange XXII (April 13, 1889): pp. 113-114. “Some New American Pictures.” New York Evening Sun (February 7, 1889). [from newspaper clipping contained in "Scrapbook of Thomas Clarke," Thomas B. Clarke papers, Archives of American Art, Roll 597, fr. 303. Note: reviewer called the painting "a little bouquet of prettiness."] Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by H. Siddons Mowbray. Exh. cat., M. Knoedler & Co. New York, 1897, no. 12. Weinberg, Barbara. “Thomas B. Clarke: Foremost Patron of American Art from 1872-1899.” American Art Journal VIII, 1 (May 1976): pp. 52-83 (ill.). Owens, Gwendolyn. “H. Siddons Mowbray, Easel Painter.” Art and Antiques 3 (July-August 1980): pp. 82-89 (ill.). 59th Annual Founders Exhibition of Arts. Exh. cat., Grand Central Art Galleries. New York, 1980, pp. 18, 20, no. 55 (ill.). American Realist and Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Haig Tashjian. Exh. cat., Parris Art Museum. Southampton, NY, 1982, p. 63 (fig. 13). Kan, Michael. “Director’s Report.” Bulletin of the DIA 62 (1985): p. 4 (ill.). Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in American Art, 1870-1930. Exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA, 2000, p. 172, no. 32 (ill.).

Henry Siddons Mowbray, The Calenders, 1889, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 1984.24.