A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)
A gentleman dressed in a suit and slippers, relaxes in an armchair by the fire in a room decorated with paintings and athletic equipment. He looks towards a meal laid out on a table as a terrier stands expectantly at his feet.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)
- Artist: J. Buttfield (British, active late 19th century)
- Date: late 19th century
- Medium: Watercolor
- Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 3/16 in. (24.8 x 30.9 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1956
- Object Number: 56.507.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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