(© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Here, Chappel captures two extremes of New York society. In the center are three black workers—a boot black and two liveried coachmen. Whether they are free or enslaved is uncertain. This scene likely dates from 1806 to 1813, well before New York abolished slavery in 1827. If free, the men would have received meager wages. Chappel also depicts the Walton House, one of the city’s grandest homes, in great detail at far right. It was built in the 1750s by the merchant William Walton, who secured his family’s fortune by shipping provisions to the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida.
Details on the artpiece
| Title of the artpiece: | "The Boot Black" |
| Artwork categorization: | painting |
| Category: | modern art |
| Artwork century: | 19th century |
| Created: | 1870 |
| Age of artwork: | more than 150 years old |
| Original medium: | oil on slate paper |
| Size of the original artwork: | 6 1/16 x 9 1/8 in (15,4 x 23,2 cm) |
| Museum / collection: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location of museum: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Museum website: | www.metmuseum.org |
| License type: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 |
| Artwork creditline: | The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 |
Brief overview of the artist
| Name of the artist: | William P. Chappel |
| Artist nationality: | American |
| Professions of the artist: | painter |
| Country: | United States |
| Classification: | modern artist |
| Died at the age of: | 77 years |
| Born: | 1801 |
| Year of death: | 1878 |
About this product
| Product categorization: | wall art |
| Reproduction: | digital reproduction |
| Manufacturing process: | UV print / digital printing |
| Provenance: | German production |
| Stock type: | on demand production |
| Intended product usage: | wall art, wall decoration |
| Orientation of the artwork: | landscape format |
| Image aspect ratio: | length : width - 1.4 : 1 |
| Interpretation of image aspect ratio: | the length is 40% longer than the width |
| Product material choices: | metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper), acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), canvas print |
| Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) variants: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) variants: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Poster print (canvas paper): | 70x50cm - 28x20" |
| Aluminium print: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Framing of the art reproduction: | not available |
The product material options
In the dropdown menu right next to the article you can choose the size and materialaccording to your preferences. The following sizes and materials are the options we offer you for individualization:
- Canvas print: The UV printed canvas applied on a wooden stretcher frame. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, meaning that it is quite simple to hang the Canvas print without additional wall-mounts. That is why, a canvas print is suitable for any kind of wall.
- Printed poster (canvas material): The Artprinta poster is a printed sheet of flat canvas paper with a nice finish on the surface, which reminds the original work of art. The print poster is excellently qualified for framing your art copy with a customized frame. Please bear in mind, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin 2-6cm around the work of art to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.
- Glossy acrylic glass print: A glossy print on acrylic glass, often denoted as a UV print on plexiglass, will convert your favorite artwork into lovely décor.
- Aluminium dibond print (metal): An Aluminium Dibond print is a print with a true depth - for a modern impression and non-reflective surface structure. The colors of the print are bright and vivid in the highest definition, the details appear crisp. The direct print on aluminium is the most popular entry-level product and is a truly sophisticated way to showcase fine art prints, since it draws focus on the image.
Detailed product description
The more than 150 year old painting was painted by the artist William P. Chappel in 1870. The more than 150 years old original measures the size: 6 1/16 x 9 1/8 in (15,4 x 23,2 cm) and was painted on the medium oil on slate paper. The piece of art is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 (licensed: public domain). The creditline of the artwork is: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format with a ratio of 1.4 : 1, meaning that the length is 40% longer than the width.
Legal note: We try everything in order to describe the products as exact as possible and to demonstrate them visually in our shop. Still, some pigments of the print products and the print result can diverge marginally from the presentation on the device's monitor. Depending on the settings of your screen and the quality of the surface, colors can unfortunately not be printed as realistically as the digital version. Bearing in mind that all are printed and processed by hand, there may also be slight differences in the exact position and the size of the motif.
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