All Talk and No Work, (painting)

Object Details

Notes

"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 505.

"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.

Summary

Two men--one white and one African-American--stand in a barn and talk. The white farmer leans on his pitchfork, while the black man holds an empty basket and gestures with his other hand.

Culture

African American

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

1855-1856

Control number

IAP 35680133

painter

Edmonds, Francis William 1806-1863

Type

Paintings

Medium

Oil on canvas

Owner/Location

Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York 11238 Accession Number: 51.108

Topic

Figure group

Ethnic

Occupation--Farm

Architecture interior--Farm--Barn

Object--Tool--Rake

Object--Other--Container

Record ID

siris_ari_283703

Usage

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