The Speculator
1852
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.7 × 76.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-134486
A rural couple listens skeptically to a representative of the Building Association, identified by the paper in his coat pocket. The salesman—whose top hat, pointed shoes, and umbrella mark him as a city slicker—promises the couple a better life as he unrolls a listing of "1000 Valuable Lots on Rail Road Ave." Francis William Edmonds's comic genre scenes captured the rough-and-tumble of America's …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ruth C. and Kevin McCann in affectionate memory of Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
Registry history
- 1852 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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