alb3624928

WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT. The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose). Artist: William Sidney Mount (American, Setauket, New York 1807-1868 Setauket, New York). Dimensions: 17 x 23 1/8 in. (43.2 x 58.7 cm). Date: 1837.
America's most successful painter of narrative scenes, Mount chose as his subjects various aspects of rural life in the flat Long Island landscape around Stony Brook, New York, where he lived. He managed to transcend the manifest content of his pictures to address the social and political realities of the time. "The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)," showing an impromptu lottery, was Mount's good-humored allusion to the food shortages brought on by the financial panic of 1837.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image. Select the use:

Author: WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT (1807-1868)

Title: The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)

Caption: The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose). Artist: William Sidney Mount (American, Setauket, New York 1807-1868 Setauket, New York). Dimensions: 17 x 23 1/8 in. (43.2 x 58.7 cm). Date: 1837. America's most successful painter of narrative scenes, Mount chose as his subjects various aspects of rural life in the flat Long Island landscape around Stony Brook, New York, where he lived. He managed to transcend the manifest content of his pictures to address the social and political realities of the time. "The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)," showing an impromptu lottery, was Mount's good-humored allusion to the food shortages brought on by the financial panic of 1837.

Technique/material: Oil on mahogany

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 4192 × 3093 px | 37.1 MB

Print size: 35.5 × 26.2 cm | 1650.4 × 1217.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE • MAHOGANY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • OIL ON MAHOGANY • OIL PAINTINGS • PAINTINGS • UNITED STATES • WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT • WOOD