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QUESTION 1

What is the name of this iconic painting ? Kindred Spirits

QUESTION 2

Who was the artist? Asher B Durand

QUESTION 3

Where is the painting currently hanging? Crystal Bridges Museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas.

QUESTION 4

Where is the location it was painted? Catskill Mountains, NY

QUESTION 5

What century was it painted in? 19th century (1849)

QUESTION 6

What price did it sell for in 2005; who were the buyer and seller? Donated to NYPL by William Cullen Bryant’s daughter Julia in 1905, and sold to Walmart heiress Alice Walton in 2005 for $35 million dollars

QUESTION 7

What were these urns used for? Holding roasted chestnuts (carrying from the stove to the table)

QUESTION 8

What were they made of? Metal (tole) lacquered pewter

QUESTION 9

What is the approximate date of manufacture? Late 18th early 19th century

QUESTION 10

What is their country of origin? The Netherlands / Dutch

QUESTION 11

Which company made these chairs? F & C Osler (Birmingham, UK)

QUESTION 12

Who were the clients? Indian princely families (sold from their Calcutta showroom)

QUESTION 13

What material were they made of? Crystal glass

QUESTION 14

What date were the chairs manufactured? Around 1884, late 19th early 20th c

QUESTION 15

What is the (FMV) for one chair? 11,000 GBP

QUESTION 16

What was this carved mahogany object used for? A spittoon

QUESTION 17

What was the date it was made? c 1770

QUESTION 18

Which country of origin was it made In? UK/English

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