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Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
Charity
Date1805-1815
DimensionsSight: 12 × 11 1/4 in. (30.5 × 28.6 cm)
Object numberN0093.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextAmerican schoolgirl artists often depicted the theme of Charity offering a bun to a beggar child, an image which was derived from an English print. This unknown artist placed the subject in an interior which includes a painted floor or floorcloth, decorative wallpaper and draperies, and classically inspired furniture.On View
Not on view