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Rural School Room, 1900

Perkins Harnly

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a vintage classroom with brown wooden desks, a blackboard at the front, two sepia-toned portraits above the blackboard, and an American flag on display. The color palette includes soft greens and browns, with red, white, and blue from American flag-themed streamers. The blackboard is centered at the front of the room, flanked by portraits and adorned with streamers and a flag. Doors labeled "BOYS" and "GIRLS" are on the left and right sides of the room, leading to coatrooms with hanging clothes and hats. In the foreground are rows of student desks with papers, books, and a globe. A cylindrical stove is on the front left side of the room, and the teacher's desk is in front of the blackboard.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
4797 × 3566 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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