This painting features seven individuals in a group portrait outdoors. Some sit while others stand, facing us. On the right appears to be an adult man wearing a black top hat and a black suit with a white collar, holding a book on his lap. He faces the left, towards the other six people. Those people appear to be children of different ages. There are three older boys wearing black suits over white collared shirts, while there are two younger looking boys with ruffled collars on their back shirts. Seated on the lap of one of the older boys appears to be a baby wearing a white bonnet and a…
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Abraham Clark and His Children

J. H. (American, active 1822)

1822

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 64.8 x 81.3 cm (25 1/2 x 32 in.) ; framed: 80.6 x 94.9 x 6.9 cm (31 3/4 x 37 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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