Oil on canvas (lined), signed at lower right, stretcher retains label from Charles G. Calder of Providence, Rhode Island, presented in the original gilt Florentine style frame within a larger mahogany and burlwood veneered shadowbox frame.

Stretcher size 17 x 23 in.; Frame dimensions 28 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Louis DeSimone of the Garcia Corporation

Thomas Sedgewick (Selgwick) Steele was a writer, jeweler, illustrator, and still life artist. Thomas was born in Hartford Connecticut, and after attending Hartford High School, became a partner in the jewelry business with his father.
Fond of travel and a true outdoorsman, Thomas went on to publish books such as "Canoe and Camera" and "Paddle Portage" in the 1880s, and "A Voyage to Vikingland" in 1896, all with with illustrations and maps by his hand.
Leaving the jewelry trade in 1887, Steele went on to study in Paris under painter Pinkney Marcius Simonds (American/French, 1867-1909). He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Salmagundi Club of New York, Boston Art Club, and numerous genealogical societies. Thomas exhibited at Brooklyn Art Association (1875 and 1891); National Academy of Design (1895); and the Boston Art Club (1890-99), where he became well-known as a painter of realistic hooked fish and comestible still life scenes. Steele married twice, first to Annie Eliza Smith and second to Sarah Cole Goff, daughter of Rhode Island industrialist Lyman Goff.

Very minor retouch in upper right corner visible under UV light; otherwise in good estate condition.