Interior of a Smithy, (painting)

Object Details

Notes

Owner, 1974.

Williams, Hermann Warner, "Mirror to the American Past: a survey of American genre painting, 1750-1900," Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society. 1973.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 101.

"Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, fig. 14.

Summary

Interior scene of a cavernous wooden structure dotted with figures working at a forge and shaping metal bars, while two well-dressed customers wait by the side.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

Ca. 1815

Control number

IAP 46120386

painter

Otis, Bass 1784-1861

Type

Paintings

Medium

Oil

Owner/Location

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Broad & Cherry Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1845.2

Topic

Architecture interior--Industry--Smithy

Figure group

Occupation--Craft

Record ID

siris_ari_57576

Usage

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