This painting shows a group of men gathered closely together, leaning over a wooden railing with their hands resting on it. The men are dressed in various attire including top hats, bowler hats, and flat caps, with a range of semi-formal to casual clothing such as black suits, brown coats, and plain shirts. They are a diverse group, with skin tones ranging from pale to dark brown, some with mustaches or beards and other bare faced. They all appear to be focused intently on something that is just below us, some with slight smiles, others with wide eyes and raised brows. The background…
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Nearing the Issue at the Cockpit

painter Horace Bonham (American, 1835 - 1892)

1879

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 51.12 × 68.58 cm (20 1/8 × 27 in.) ; framed: 25.75 × 32.37 × 2.87 cm (10 1/8 × 12 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1899)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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