Two Fish
PainterPainted by
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
American, 1811 - 1881
FramerFramed by
Foster Bros.
Dateabout 1855
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in gilt wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/2 x 11 1/4in. (21.6 x 28.6cm)
Other (canvas height x width): 9 x 11 5/8in. (22.9 x 29.5cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 1in. (26.7 x 33.7 x 2.5cm)
Other (canvas height x width): 9 x 11 5/8in. (22.9 x 29.5cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 1in. (26.7 x 33.7 x 2.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of John Sage Morgan
DescriptionTwo speckled brook trout lie on the ground surrounded by ferns and grasses.
Object number1952.95.2
MarkingsOn verso of frame, typed on gummed shipping label, "THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY / "STILL LIFE - Fish" tempera (?) / Attr. Elijah Chapman Kellogg / ACC. NO. 1690"InscribedOn verso of frame, upper left, in red ink, "XVIII / 12"; upper right, in red paint, "1690"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Elijah Chapman Kellogg was an early pioneer of artificial fish breeding. Inspired by successful European artificial fish breeding operations, he began experimenting with trout breeding on Salmon Brook, Simsbury in 1855. The following year, he built a fish hatchery in the cellar of his Main Street home in Hartford. Also in 1856, the Connecticut Agricultural Society's Transactions published Kellogg's "Experiments in Artificial Fish-Breeding". In 1860, the Hartford Times and the American Stock Journal reported Kellogg's voyage to France to study scientific and practical methods of fish breeding in order to "plant a crop" of trout at Samuel Colt's fish hatchery in East Hartford. (Brashears 2/11/2011)Subject Terms
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