Oil on canvas, 1872, signed 'J. F. Francis' and dated lower right, lined, with label from Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, Richard York Gallery, New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York. 25 x 30 1/2 in., 33 x 37 1/2 in. (frame). Exhibited: New York and Baltimore, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art, American Paintings and Historical Prints from Middendorf Collection, 1967, no. 20, illustrated as "Still Life with Strawberries:; New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Still Lifes of the Nineteenth Century, 1971, no. 14, p. 13 illustrated; Greendburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Food in the Kitchen, 1975, no. A92; New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1976, The American Experience, no. 41; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, 1977, The Chosen Object, no. 19; New York, Berry-Hill galleries, Inc., John F. Francis: Not Just Desserts, November 19, 1990, January 5, 1991. Literature: William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke, American Still-Life Painting, New York, 1971, p. 61, no. 6-7 (an earlier example illustrated). Provenance: George Guerry, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand H. Davis, New York, 1955; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1965; William Middendorf II, Greenwich, Connecticut, (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 25, 1973); Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1973; Private Collection, New York, 1979; Richard York Gallery, New York, 1997; Private Collection, Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1997; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2005.,