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Brother & Sister Sharing a Book
Brother & Sister Sharing a Book
Attributed to (1818 - 1870)

Brother & Sister Sharing a Book

Datec. 1845
DimensionsSight: 19 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (49.5 × 59.7 cm)
Object numberN0247.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis delightful double portrait exhibits several characteristics that readily distinguish it as the work of William W. Kennedy and not that of William Matthew Prior nor Sturtevant J. Hamblin. Kennedy's drawing of anatomical features is consistent in all his work. His most recognizable stylistic traits, evident in this likeness, include the children's steeply sloping shoulders; their squared noses that are blocky with prominent flat ridges; their fat, curving fingers; and their small, pursed lips which are separated by a dark reddish-brown line.

BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (Cooperstown, NYSHA, 1987), pp.107-108, Illus. as no. 61 on p.108.

Agnes Halsey and Louis C.Jones, New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic (exh. cat. Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1960), p. 20, no. 26, ill. 26.
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