The image depicts two individuals within a wooden cabin-like room with no windows. The person on the left is sitting on the floor against a wall, with only the upper half of their body visible. The person on the right is standing with their back slightly to the viewer, displaying their full height, and they are bent slightly forward towards the sitting person. The floor is wooden, with several objects scattered around, including a tipped-over chair, a jug, and a metal bowl on the floor. A coat or jacket is hanging on the wall behind the seated person. The walls are made of horizontal wooden planks.
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The image depicts two individuals within a wooden cabin-like room with no windows. The person on the left is sitting on the floor against a wall, with only the upper half of their body visible. The person on the right is standing with their back slightly to the viewer, displaying their full height, and they are bent slightly forward towards the sitting person. The floor is wooden, with several objects scattered around, including a tipped-over chair, a jug, and a metal bowl on the floor. A coat or jacket is hanging on the wall behind the seated person. The walls are made of horizontal wooden planks.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Conjugal Difference

Arthur B. Frost

Date
1884
Medium
watercolor and gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 55.56 × 37.15 cm (21 7/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.983
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Becker, 1961)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • group
  • figure
  • Marriage
  • Figures
Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Becker, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower left in gray watercolor: A. B. FROST

NGA object ID 180862. 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.