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Wolfert's Will, (painting). Artist:  Quidor, John, 1801-1881, painter. Title:  Wolfert's Will, (painting). Dates:  1856. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  26 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (68.0 x 86.0 cm.). Inscription:  (Lower center:) John Quidor, / N. York 1856. (Verso, lower right:) John Quidor, Pianter/N. York 1856. (Verso, across top:) Say you so? cried Wolfert, half thrusting one leg/out of bed,why, then, I think I'll not make my Will yet! signed Description:  Interior scene with two men; one man is rising out of bed, while the other is seated next to the bed, writing. Subject:  Literature -- Irving -- Tales of a Traveller Literature -- Character -- Wolfert Webber Figure group -- Male Architecture interior -- Domestic Object -- Furniture -- Bed Recreation -- Leisure -- Writing Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Accession Number: 42.46 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Harrison, Joseph, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ca. 1857. Philadelphia Art Galleries, Sale (Feb. 25, 1912), lot 37. Douthitt Gallery, New York, New York Duveen, Albert, New York, New York References:  "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 874. "The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979. Illustration:  Image on file. "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 874. "The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 94. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 35680305   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 35680305 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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