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Summary

Old '76 and Young '48

Artist



Alternative names	Richard Caton Woodville Senior
Description	American painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death	30 April 1825	13 August 1855
Location of birth/death	Baltimore	London
Authority file	: Q1390942 VIAF: 2741686 ISNI: 0000000066307620 ULAN: 500001002 LCCN: nr91024134 Open Library: OL2108751A WorldCat

Title

Old 76 and Young 48

Object type

painting

Description

English: A young officer recounts his experiences in the Mexican War of 1848 to a veteran of the American Revolution. The persons represented are members of the artist's family: the old man is his great-uncle Richard Caton; his mother and father appear as the middle-aged couple, his elder sister as the young lady, and his brothers as the officers. Discernible on the walls of the Baltimore parlor are a portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale and an engraving of John Trumbull's Signing of the Declaration of Independence (ca. 1776).

Date

1849

Medium

painting

Dimensions

height: 53.3 cm (20.9 in)

; width: 68.2 cm (26.8 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.2370 (Walters Art Museum)

Place of creation

Kingdom of Prussia

References

Source/Photographer

The Walters Art Museum

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