signed A. F. Tait and dated N.Y. 1864, l.r.; also signed A. F. Tait, inscribed Morrisania/ Westchester Co./ N.Y./ No. 337/ Dr. Normand Smith/ 740 Lex. Ave. on the reverse oil on board 10 x 14 in (25.4 x 35.5 cm) This work is listed as No. 337 in the artist's register as Chickens. Extra. 14 x 10. Wm Schaus. Paid Sept. 18th ($100.00) Provenance: Dr. Norman Smith, New York Raymond Walsh, Hamilton, Ohio By descent to the present owner Literature: Warder H. Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, Delaware, 1986, no. 64.54, p. 179 See Illustration, Color Cover and Color Plate IV.