An oil painting of an interior scene with an older White boy playing a flute for two young Black children.

The Flute

Francis Edmonds (1806-1863)

Date

before 1859
Object Type

Paintings
Medium

Oil on canvas
Dimensions

13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
signed l.l.: Edmonds
Verso:
stamped on canvas: PREPARED BY \ THEO KELLEY \ [illeg.] WOOSTER St. \ NEW YORK
u.c., old label: The Flute \ by F. W. Edmon[rest torn off]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Urdahl with assistance from the Mitchell A. Wilder Memorial Fund
Accession Number

1981.61
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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