William Holbrook Beard

Alt text: Painting of a group of bears
Alt text: Painting of a group of bears, framed

William Holbrook Beard (American, 1825-1900)
Gwine to Eat it All Myself, 1894
Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches
Signed and dated lower left: W. H. Beard / 1894

Provenance:
Childs Gallery, Boston, 1975
Cynthia Bowers, New York
Estate of the above

Exhibited:
New York, National Academy of Design, 1895, no. 405.

Literature:
American Art Review, January – February, 1975, p. 36, illustrated.
Abraham A. Davidson, The Eccentrics and Other American Visionary Painters, Boston, 1978, p. xvii.