(American/France, 1853-1929)The Midnight Missive, 1891, signed and dated upper left "W.T. Dannat/1891", oil on canvas, 53-1/2 x 31-1/2 in.; carved wood and composition frame?Provenance: Collection of Marion and Theodore Gore, Williamsburg, VirginiaNote: three labels stretcher verso:? "Newman Galleries, Philadelphia";?"This painting is one of the (35) paintings covered by the agreement with the Philadelphia National Bank Re: 21,000 loan on these paintings"; also a mostly illegible old exhibition label