Painter:

Ward, Edgar Melville 1839-1915  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 00.6

Date:

Ca. 1898

Notes:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 536.

Summary:

A coppersmith standing by his work table inspects a piece of copper by the light from a large window behind his table. He wears a long apron, and his shirt sleeves are rolled up, and all around him are the tools of his trade.

Topic:

Figure male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Craft--Smithing  Search this

Object--Tool  Search this

Architecture interior--Commercial--Store  Search this

Control number:

IAP 36121143

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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