Harry Hall
Irish Birdcatcher
1833-1885
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Harry Hall
Irish Birdcatcher
1833-1885
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in. (71.2 x 91.5 cm.)
Credit Line
William Woodward Collection
Object Number
1956.234
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1956; Mrs. William Woodward, 1953-1956; William Woodward; purchased before 1929
William Woodward and W. S. Vosburgh, "Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses, from the Collection of William Woodward," New York: Derrydale PRess, 1929, pp. 20, 255-256, ill. p. 254.
Eileen O'Brien, 'The Woodward Collection,' "The Blood-Horse," April 25, 1977, p. 1795, ill. p. 1791.
John Fairley, "Great Racehorses in Art," Oxford: Phaidon, 1984, p. 133, ill.
Eileen Day O'Brien, "The William Woodward, Sr., Collection in The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977 (unpublished), pp. 78-85.
Inscribed: Face: signed LR, "Harry Hall" and inscribed on plate over stable door, "IRISH BIRDCATCHER"
