Bar-room Scene

1835

William Sidney Mount was one of the first American artists to specialize in scenes of everyday life. Here, Mount portrayed a boisterous group of patrons in a country tavern. Standing in the back corner is an African American figure who, as a free black man in 1830s New York, may have been able to frequent the tavern but did not participate fully in this community.

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Artist

William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868)

Date

1835

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

57.4 × 69.7 cm (22 5/8 × 27 7/16 in.)

Origin

Long Island

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

The William Owen Goodman and Erna Sawyer Goodman Collection