# Taking the Census

- By: Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
- Date: 1854
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 28 x 38 in. (71.1 x 96.5 cm)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of Diane, Daniel, and Mathew Wolf, in honor of John K. Howat and Lewis I. Sharp, 2006
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10423)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ad/web-large/DP146263.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)