Showrooms

39 West Street

Litchfield, CT 06759

United States

tillouantiques.com

The Blacksmith Shop

Creator: Samuel S. Carr
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Lived/Active: New York
The Blacksmith Shop
Signed (l.l.): S. S. Carr
Oil on canvas
12” x 18”, 17” x 23” with frame
Over-all in excellent condition, ultra-violet light reveals only minor restoration and in-painting.
Provenance: Private Collection; Eldred’s Auctions, East Dennis, MA.
Samuel Carr arrived in America around 1862 from England. He initially enrolled in a mechanical drawing class in 1865 at the Cooper Union in New York City. By 1870 he began exhibiting genre paintings and developed a fine reputation among his contemporaries, colleagues, and patrons. During his career he exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on Canvas
Styles / Movements:	Luminism, Folk Art, Hudson River School
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 734
Incollect Reference #:	828169

Dimensions

W.	23 in;	H.	17 in;
W.	58.42 cm;	H.	43.18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.