Toy Fire Engine

1935/1942

William Spiecker

Associated Names
William Spiecker

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of a toy horse-drawn fire engine. The image shows three colorful horses attached to a miniature fire engine. The horses are yellow, brown, and dark colored with blue hooves. The fire engine has two red wheels, a silver boiler, and a driver seated on top. The painting has a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.8 x 45.8 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 11 1/2" long; 4 1/2" high; 4" deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15749

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 629, no. 2242.

Inscriptions

center right in colored pencil: WILLIAM SPIECKER

Wikidata ID

Q64639587

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