Oil on panel, signed lower left, framed.

Frame Dimensions: 10.5 x 12.5 in.

Born in Valparaiso, Chile, he was the son of an official in the United States consular service. Mr. Wheaton became a successful painter and exhibited a the National Academy of Design in New York and in galleries of Boston and Chicago. He and his wife resided in New York.

Some small areas of loss to top middle and top left corner; a few pinpoint paint specks; scattered stable drying cracks.