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The Sewer

William P. Chappel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a street scene with buildings on both sides. The buildings are two stories high, with the leftmost one being brown and the others varying in color. A horse-drawn carriage with a brown horse and red wheels is in the center of the road. A man in a blue jacket and white pants stands on the sidewalk to the right of the carriage. A woman in a white dress stands on the sidewalk to the left. There are trees lining the street. The sky is blue and fades to pink near the horizon. The title of the painting is "The Sewer" and the artist is William P. Chappel.

Artwork details

Date:
1870s
Medium:
Oil on slate paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 408 px
Museum record:
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