A Disposition to "Pick-Foul"

Description Young boys are shown tapping eggs together to determine the winner- the one whose egg remains intact at both ends. "Pickin' eggs" was a popular springtime pastime in east coast American cities until a generation ago.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/29/1970	Treatment	re-housed

Exhibitions

• Alfred Jacob Miller. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971.
• Alfred Jacob Miller: An Artist on the Oregon Trail. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody. 1981-1982.
• Alfred Jacob Miller: Watercolors and Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984.
• Alfred Jacob Miller: Maryland and the West. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Frostburg State University, Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Rockville; Washington College, Chestertown. 1988.
• A Baltimore Watchman: An Exhibition of Drawings by Alfred Jacob Miller. Government House, Annapolis. 1996.
• Recollections of a Baltimore Artist: Sketches by Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874). The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004.
• A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006.

Provenance Mr. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, New York; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by gift.

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, 1970