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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.3  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The Fleischmann Estate: The Polo Field
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.3 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The Fleischmann Estate: The Polo Field

Artist (American, 1889 - 1946)
Date1920-1930
MediumEtching; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/4 x 13 5/8in. (19.7 x 34.6cm) Platemark (height x width): 7 3/4 x 13 5/8in. (19.7 x 34.6cm) Sheet (height x width): 12 1/2 x 19in. (31.8 x 48.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number1991.23.3
DescriptionSix polo players on horses are in the middle distance, framed by two large leafy trees. A large flat field is in the background.
NotesSubject Note: This etching depicts the polo field at the Fleischmann Estate in Sands Point, Long Island, New York. In 1927, Eby executed a different etching which apparently depicts a polo match at the Fairfield Hunt Club in Westport, Connecticut. (Finlay 11/12/2011)

Status
Not on view
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Kerr Eby
1940
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1991.23.2  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Kerr Eby
1946
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1612  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Gift of Ethel F. Davis, 2018.34.12, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
John Moore Kelso Davis II
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1613  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1566  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Museum purchase, 1972.65.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amos Doolittle
1814
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1992.140.3  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Societ ...
Amos Doolittle
1814