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Blacksmith Shop

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Blacksmith Shop

Francis A. Beckett

Date
c. 1880
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 59.1 x 81.6 cm (23 1/4 x 32 1/8 in.) framed: 73 x 96.5 x 8.3 cm (28 3/4 x 38 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1966.13.4
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • occupation
  • genre
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
  • Blacksmith
Provenance

Recorded as from San Jose, California, by (Lorenz Noll, San Francisco); sold c. 1930 to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn, San Francisco. (M. Knoedler and Co., New York); sold 1957 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1966 to NGA.

Inscription

center left: F. A Beckett

NGA object ID 50690. 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.