Portrait of John McAdam: "My Name is Mose and I Handle the Hose", (painting).

Portrait of John McAdam: "My Name is Mose and I Handle the Hose", (painting).

Hopkin, Robert, 1832-1909, painter.

Portrait of John McAdam: "My Name is Mose and I Handle the Hose", (painting).

ca. late 1850s.

17 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.

Firehouse scene with a portrait of a fireman seated backwards in a chair with his hands folded on the back of the chair and his chin resting on his hands. He wears a black top hat and smokes a cigarette. A fire engine is behind him, several tools are on the floor and the wall, and a fireman's hat hangs on the wall at center.

Portrait male -- McAdam, John -- Full length

Occupation -- Service -- Fireman

Architecture interior -- Civic -- Fire Station

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Fire Engine

Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform

Detroit Historical Society, Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward, Detroit, Michigan 48202

"Artists of Michigan from the nineteenth century: a sesquicentennial exhibition commemorating Michigan statehood, 1837-1987," Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon Museum of Art, 1987, ill. 11.

"Artists of Michigan from the nineteenth century: a sesquicentennial exhibition commemorating Michigan statehood, 1837-1987," Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 91.

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