INTERIOR OF CARTHAGE JAIL

Artist C.C.A. CHRISTENSEN (1831 - 1912)

Datec.1878

CountryUtah, USA

MediumTempera on muslin

Dimensions198.1 x 304.8 cm (78 x 120") (Image)
Frame: 221.9 x 329.6 cm (87 3/8 x 129 3/4")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.

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Object number830026609

DescriptionThe image is an interior scene of a sparsely furnished room; on the left are a bed, a desk, two ladder-back chairs, and two windows with white drapery, on the right there is a fireplace with a male figure laying on the floor in front of it and some coats hanging on the wall. At the end of the room three standing male figures cluster around a partially opened door, one stands behind the door and the other two stand in front of the opening. An additional male figure can be seen through the doorway and smoke begins to filter in.

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