Politics in an Oyster House

1851

Michele Fanoli, after Richard Caton Woodville

Associated Names
Michele Fanoli

Artist, Italian, 1807 - 1876

Joseph Lemercier

Printer, French, 1803 - 1887

Galerie Goupil & Cie

Publisher, French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884

Richard Caton Woodville

Artist After, American, 1825 - 1855

The image shows two men seated at a small wooden table. The man on the left has white hair and distinctive facial features, wearing a dark suit jacket with light pants and a white shirt. The other man wears a dark coat and pants, a top hat, and has a fuller beard. They are surrounded by various items on the table, a red curtain, a coat hanging on the wall, a cane umbrella, a small bag on the floor, and a folded newspaper. The room appears warm and shadowy, with muted colors.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Woodville, VIII, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2013, p. 132, no. 21b, repro

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: R C W - 1848 / Dusslf; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Clarence R. [Shoemaker?] / Dec. 1923.

Wikidata ID

Q77015267

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