The Eli Whitney Gun Factory, verso: Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

Artist: William Giles Munson (American, 1801–1878)

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

24 1/4 × 29 1/2 in. (61.6 × 74.9 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1946.36

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Reeve Huston, The Early American Republic: A History in Documents (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 104, ill.
  • Angela L. Miller et al., American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2008), 251, fig. 8.14
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Additional information

Object/Work type

cityscapes (representations), human figures (visual works), landscapes (representations)

Signed

Signed l.l. "William G. Munson/ Pinxt. 1826-8"

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