Bough Apple,

1819

One of a group of watercolors of fruits by William Allbright (active ca. 1795-after 1850) and Sarah Holding. Owned by a New York collector, three of which were included in Berry-Hill’s exhibition (see below). [Allbright was a landscape painter and botanical illustrator and taught drawing classes. Sarah may have been one of his pupils and further may be wife of Thomas Holding (fl. 1819-25) who knew Allbright and lived a block away. Obviously, more research is needed.];

Georgiana Hubbard McCabe; purchased from Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., NY.;

• Bruce Weber, The apple of America: the apple in 19th century American art, (New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1993)., p. 9; checklist p. 47; p. 30, fig 6
• "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 46-95., p. 72
• John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 180, fig. 2

• West to Wesselmann: American Drawings and Watercolors from the Princeton University Art Museum (October 16, 2004–July 23, 2006)