Signed p. d.: Ernst Meissner | Munchen
Printed sticker on stretcher (print, pen): CLINTON E. SHILLING | Restorer of Paintings | SMILLINGTON, *** PENNA. | Cleaned Nov. 1951 | Relined | Restored Nov. 1951 | Varnished Nov. 1951 | Damar Varnish; Use Gum Spirits Turps For Stripping. Beside a partially detached, faded sticker of Gebrüder Wetsch, a Munich-based transport company, affixed to another faded sticker.
Ernst Adolf Meissner (Dresden 1837 - Munich 1902) - painter of genre scenes and animalist. He studied at the Dresden academy and with Robert Kummer. In 1870 he settled in Munich. His works are in the collections of museums in Dresden and Gratz.