Wolfert's Will

John Quidor

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

John Quidor (American, 1801–1881). Wolfert's Will, 1856. Oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (68 x 86 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 42.46. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Wolfert's Will

Date

1856

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

26 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (68 x 86 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower center: "John Quidor. / Painter / N. York 1856."

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso across top: "'Say you so?' cried Wolfert, half thrusting one leg out of bed, 'why then I think I'll not make my Will yet!'"

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

42.46

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