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Childe Hassam (American, 1859 - 1935) The Burlington Arms, Chiswick, 1889 Medium: Watercolor on tan paper Signed, lower left Size: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.56 cm.) Provenance: Private collection of the Davenport Brown family in Boston since 1927 We have been informed that Kathleen Burnside examined this painting in person, authenticated it, and has created an entry for it in for the catalogue raisonné on Hassam. Frame: The handsome 1927 Carrig-Rohane frame measures15.5 x 19.5 in. EXHIBITED: Noyes Cobb & Company, Boston . April 1-April15, 1890 as “ The Burlington Arms Chiswick” catalogue, no 30 . Hassam visited England in 1889 at the end of his stay in Paris, he visited England to escape the crowds in Paris for the Exhibition Universelle. He executed works mostly in watercolor, while in London, Canterbury & Broadstairs. Broadstairs cottage painting was sold in Sotheby’s New York Nov 28, 2007. Lot 00144 and “The Burlington Arms, Chiswick” painting represent 2 Church Street location which was used as a public house from about 1550 until it closed in 1924, the building is now in private use. Other works from Chiswick include a small watercolor of Hogarth’s house which is in the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.56 cm.)