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Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1985.64.21
Date:
1873
Notes:
"Works from the Hanley Collection," The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, 1968.
Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr., 1972.
National Gallery of Art press release, 1986.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
Kelly, Franklin, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 1," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996.
Summary:
A three-quarter-length female figure stands in the foreground and holds a book at her side. In the background a group of figures stands in front of a red schoolhouse.
Topic:
Architecture exterior--Education  Search this
Figure female--Knee length  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80810011
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_183837