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The image features a large workbench and a grinder in front of two windows with a lattice design. The color palette is primarily brown and cream, creating a sketch-like effect. The workbench occupies the lower central part of the image, with tools and equipment visible. Shelves and hanging implements are on the left wall, while beams and a ceiling lamp frame the scene in the upper part of the sketch.
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The image features a large workbench and a grinder in front of two windows with a lattice design. The color palette is primarily brown and cream, creating a sketch-like effect. The workbench occupies the lower central part of the image, with tools and equipment visible. Shelves and hanging implements are on the left wall, while beams and a ceiling lamp frame the scene in the upper part of the sketch.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ben Hawkin's Blacksmith Shop

Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill

Date
c. 1912
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 × 17.1 cm (5 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 16.1 × 20.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.8374
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Window
  • Machine
Inscription

"E K K Wetherill / Imp." lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Ben [Hawkin's] [Bl]acksmith Shop" verso, upper center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "6 x 7 1/2 / 6 5 1/2 / 72x13" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 10871. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.