Painter:

Wood, Thomas Waterman 1823-1903  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Jordan-Volpe Gallery 457 West Broadway New York New York 10012

Date:

1873

Notes:

"American Selections," New York: Jordan-Volpe Gallery, 1992, pg. 162.

Summary:

Interior scene of the village post office visited by families with young children, the elderly, some well dressed, all waiting in line to pick up their mail from the postmaster. In the background some men are seated around a cast-iron stove, their attention directed toward an article in the newspaper pointed to by one of the men. On the far left, a woman customer examines a bolt of fabric presented by an eager young sales clerk.

Topic:

Architecture interior--Civic--Post Office  Search this

Architecture interior--Commercial--Store  Search this

Figure group--Family  Search this

Figure male--Elderly  Search this

Control number:

IAP 68020153

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_379038