The True American

The True American by Enoch Wood Perry: Oil painting of a horse race viewed from a porch. The painting depicts people sitting on a porch with a white railing. The porch is in front of a building with horizontal siding and green shutters on the windows. The people on the porch are casually dressed and sitting in chairs. The view on the porch is obstructed by railing. On the left, a man wearing a cowboy hat and a white and blue sweater holds a newspaper. In the center a brown horse wearing a racing number runs past the porch. The horse has a white patch on its forehead and white stockings on its hind legs. On the right, another man wears a fedora and black jacket. At the bottom right corner, a child wearing a blue dress sits on the floor. The wall behind the porch has a paper with text and a silhouette of a running horse. The scene depicts a racing event viewed from a porch.