Winckworth Allan Gay (1821-1910) Active/Lived: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Europe, Asia

Hay wagon off Jerusalem Road, Cohasset, Massachusetts
Signed and dated (l.l.): W. A. Gay 1862
Partial labels from Paris on frame verso.
Oil on canvas
14” x 24”, 26” x 35” (frame)
Over-all in fine condition, lined with minor craquelure and small areas of inpainting revealed under ultra violet light. Housed in a period—most likely original—carved and gilt wood frame.
Provenance: William Davis, Dennis, Massachusetts; The Collection of Tom and Lenore Karras, Geneva, Illinois.
Winckworth Allan Gay was a painter of landscapes and one of the first Americans to be influenced by the Barbizon style of painting from France. He was also one of the first American painters to live and paint in Japan.
Gay’s paintings can be found in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, Brooklyn Museum, Hingham Historical Society, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.