Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated Parisian world he loved. He was uncomfortable in the countryside, preferring instead the finery of the city.
London and Philadelphia, 1910: 68-69, 233, no. 153. 1912 Meier-Graefe, Julius.
The exhibition of Home, Sweet Home in the spring of 1863 auspiciously marked Winslow Homer’s debut as a painter. The painting was enthusiastically admired.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, October 1, 1910.
Widener, Ashborne–near Philadelphia, privately printed, 1908: 17, repro., as Paupers
Philadelphia, 1935: 49, as Italian (Florence), fifteenth century, probably designed
Furniture, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1935, no cat. 1937 Problems of Portraiture, Philadelphia
2016 Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Philadelphia
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century , pages 224-227, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
"A Diplomat’s Wife in Philadelphia: Letters of Henrietta Liston, 1796-1800."
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
Edouard Manet offers an intriguing study in contrasts and ambiguity in The Railway , starting with the relationship between the two figures. Are they mother and daughter?
World’s Fair, May-October 1940, no. 280, repro. 1951 Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia
