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The Weary Newsboy
Artist
James Henry Cafferty
(American 1819–1869)
Date1861
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (31.4 x 25.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Terra Art Enrichment Fund
Object number2003.23
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
On viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Inscribedverso center: S. N. DODGES / ARTIST [illegible word] / SUPPLY ST; verso bottom left of frame: 3048; verso bottom right of frame: KEnnEdy; verso left center of frame: KEN
Exhibition HistoryInaugural Installation: 19th Century American Galleries (110), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 - present; Taxing Visions, Palmer Museum of Art, September 28 - December 19, 2010, and traveling.Published ReferencesWendy Katz, "Fancy Painting, Street Children, and the Fast Men of the Pave," Nineteenth Century Studies, 2007.