Rural School Room, 1900

1935/1942

Perkins Harnly

Associated Names
Perkins Harnly

Artist, American, 1901 - 1986

The image shows a vintage classroom with brown wooden desks, a blackboard at the front, two sepia-toned portraits above the blackboard, and an American flag on display. The color palette includes soft greens and browns, with red, white, and blue from American flag-themed streamers. The blackboard is centered at the front of the room, flanked by portraits and adorned with streamers and a flag. Doors labeled "BOYS" and "GIRLS" are on the left and right sides of the room, leading to coatrooms with hanging clothes and hats. In the foreground are rows of student desks with papers, books, and a globe. A cylindrical stove is on the front left side of the room, and the teacher's desk is in front of the blackboard.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Albert Lewin

  • Dimensions

    overall: 56.8 x 77.9 cm (22 3/8 x 30 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.1.1


Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64619364

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