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Thinking It Over

1884

Thomas Waterman Wood

Associated Names

Thomas Waterman Wood

Artist, American, 1823 - 1903

The image depicts an elderly man standing by a cluttered workbench in a dimly lit workshop. He has a full white beard and hair, is dressed in a dark apron over a shirt, and appears contemplative. Various tools and papers are on the workbench, with some tools hanging on the walls in the background. A window to the left brings light into the room.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 353 x 243 mm
sheet: 486 x 357 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.5135
Catalogue Raisonné

Worman #5

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Inscribed: "13/MC-11" (by unknown hand) in graphite, lower left; signed: In plate lower left: "T.W. WOOD 1884." in pencil lower right: "T. W. Wood."

Wikidata ID

Q76457471

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