# His First Appearance in Public

- By: Charles Caleb Ward (Canadian, 1831 - 1896)
- Date: 1870
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 25.4 x 30.2 cm (10 x 11 7/8 in.) ; framed: 49.1 x 54.1 x 8.9 cm (19 5/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Avalon Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.126485.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/02c93594-a767-427c-86aa-756ee2ba1af8/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)