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Interior Setting: Carpenter at Work with Family (from Cropsey Album)

Constant Mayer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a scene inside an arched area. A man in a white shirt and pants stands at a workbench on the left, working on a piece of wood. A boy sits on the floor to his left, holding a long thin object. A woman sits on a chair to the right of the man, holding a baby. A girl sits on the floor to her right. A toddler runs to her right. A dog is on the floor to the right. There are various tools and objects on the walls and shelves behind them. A shelf above the door has a framed oval picture on it. Long thin objects lean against the walls on either side. The walls and floor appear to be made of stone or brick.

Artwork details

Date:
1856
Medium:
Pen and brown ink and gray washes on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 508 px
Museum record:
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