Artist James Goodwyn Clonney (1812 - 1867)

Politicians In A Country Bar

Datec. 1844

DimensionsSight: 2 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (7 × 8.9 cm)

Object numberN0311.1961

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextThis is a preliminary sketch for the painting by the same name, number N0407.55. It shows how Clonney enhanced the drama of the scene by removing the dog, adding two more attentive spectators, simplifying the background, and backing off from the figures. An interesting alteration is the replacement of the slat-back chair by the door in the sketch with the somewhat incongruous Queen Anne side chair.

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