Charles Troyon Phelan (American, 1843-1907), Landscape with Sheep and Lambs

Oil on canvas, 1894, signed and dated at lower left, presented in a carved giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 21 x 18 in.; Frame dimensions 28 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Charles T. Phelan was born in New York in 1840. He studied with Frederick Rondel, who also taught Winslow Homer. Phelan served with the Union Army during the Civil War and was captured in Plymouth, North Carolina and sent to Andersonville Prison. After the war, he returned to New York and settled in Brooklyn. Phelan is best known for his paintings of sheep and cows. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design in the early 1890s.

Patch to lower right with associated professional retouch.