Autumn River Scene, The Brook

by David Bates

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left: David Bates 89

Exhibition history

Steger, Illinois, Signature Galleries, The Victoriana Exhibition, December 1972, no cat.

Publications

The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987 (1987): 56.

Quick Overview

Artist: David Bates (English, 1840-1921)
Date: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76.5 × 127.5 cm (30 1/8 × 42 1/4 in.); Framed: 95.3 × 143.6 × 10.2 cm (37 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on canvas
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Weise
Accession no.: 1986.1280

Provenance

Reginald Webberly (died 1967), Chicago; by descent to his wife, Rosalind Webberly-Mikesell, Chicago [according to letter from Rosalie Webberly-Mikesell dated January 4, 2004, in curatorial file]; sold to Signature Galleries, Chicago by December 1972 [according to letter of Richard H. Love dated October 25, 2004, in curatorial file; the Signature Galleries’ record for the painting does not provide the date of its purchase]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. John T. Weise, Evanston, 15 November 1975 [according to Signature Galleries’ inventory record, stock no. B-45]; given to the Art Institute, 1986.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.