Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York 11238 Accession Number: 40.907
Date:
1859-1860
Notes:
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 317.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.
"Survey of American Paintings," Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1940, no. 40.
Image on file.
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pl. 54.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 23.
(Lower left:) Blythe signed
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Summary:
A man carrying a palette and canvases walks up a few steps to a closed door with "Studio" written across the top and notices posted all over it. The door is padlocked and the artist, who owes rent, has been locked out. He wears tattered clothes and a top hat.
