Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips and a $5 Bill
American 19th Century
c. 1895
Medium
watercolor over graphite mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
sheet: 21.7 × 36.5 cm (8 9/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dian Woodner
Accession Number
2008.38.2
About the Artist
American 19th Century
The artist cataloged as "American, 19th Century" represents a collective of unidentified painters active in the United States during the nineteenth century, with 380 known artworks preserved in this virtual museum's collection. These works span a diverse array of genres typical of the era, including portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, reflecting the burgeoning artistic output of ...