# A Friendly Warning

- By: Thomas Hicks (American, 1823–1890)
- Date: 1881–90
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 62.9 × 81.9 cm (24 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: A. A. McKay Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27138)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/4bde76de8853b7f9e20c3ae7a0b93548.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)