Painter:

Krimmel, John Lewis 1786-1821 (attributed to)  Search this

Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich (formerly attributed to)  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.16

Date:

Ca. 1811-1813

Notes:

Exh.catalog "Centennial of American Watercolor Society". Metropolitan Museum, 1966, pg. 10.

Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 322.

Summary:

Against the backdrop of the Bank of Pennsylvania a group of African American men saw logs, while an African American woman holding a baby talks with one of the men.

Topic:

Figure group  Search this

Occupation--Labor  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Architecture exterior--Commercial--Bank  Search this

Architecture exterior--Commercial--Bank of Pennsylvania  Search this

Cityscape--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81960017

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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