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All Talk and No Work

Artist: Francis William Edmonds, American, 1806-1863
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1855-1856
Dimensions: 24 1/16 x 19 13/16 in. (61.1 x 50.3 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "FWE"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 51.108
Credit Line: Carll H. de Silver Fund
Image: Overall, 51.108_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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