Thomas Waterman Wood, 1865 - A Bit of War History: The Contraband - fine art print

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What does the original description of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art say about the 19th century artwork from the painter and ornithologist Thomas Waterman Wood? (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

This painting is one of a group of three canvases (84.12a--c) said to have been inspired by the imagined narrative of an African American soldier in the Civil War. In "The Contraband," the newly emancipated slave, his belongings wrapped in an old kerchief, seeks enlistment in the Union army. Having been trained for service and wearing his uniform, he looks happy and proud in "The Recruit" (84.12b). In "The Veteran," (84.12c) he is an amputee returning to the same office to draw his back pay or pension. Wood used a slightly different palette and handling in each picture, suggesting that the works were not painted in quick succession.

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The artpiece A Bit of War History: The Contraband was created by the artist Thomas Waterman Wood in the year 1865. The original had the size - 28 1/4 x 20 1/4 in (71,8 x 51,4 cm) (framed with 84,12b and 84,12c) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. It belongs to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. We are delighted to mention that this public domain piece of art is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1884. Besides, the artwork has the following creditline: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1884. Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a side ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width.

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