Painter:

White, Edwin D. 1817-1877  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

On loan to New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York New York 10024

Lent by New York Public Library Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street New York New York 10018

Date:

1861

Notes:

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982.

New York Public Library, 1975.

American Heritage, Vol. Xxiv, No. 1, 1972.

Summary:

A black man sits in a chair near a fireplace and reads a newspaper.

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

History--United States--Civil War  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Figure male--Full length  Search this

Architecture interior--Domestic  Search this

Architecture interior--Detail--Fireplace  Search this

Recreation--Leisure--Reading  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Newspaper  Search this

Control number:

IAP 36363347

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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