William Sidney Mount, 1840 - Cider Making - fine art print

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Though this scene convincingly captures a moment in rural life, its inspiration lay in the political maneuvering surrounding the hard-fought presidential election of 1840. The image of down-home simplicity embodied by the cider makers was evoked by the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, promoted as a common man who preferred a log cabin and hard cider to the supposed excesses of the Democratic White House of Martin Van Buren. The work was commissioned by the prominent New York businessman and Whig leader Charles Augustus Davis. Davis was the creator of the folksy "Jack Downing" character, whose musings broadened Whig appeal through attacks on the disastrous Jacksonian financial policies responsible for the Panic of 1837. Mount, a conservative Democrat who opposed the populist Jackson, punctuated his painting with details, such as the prominently dated cider barrel, possibly intended to allude to the larger political context. In 1841, a Whig journalist wove the references into an anecdote in the "New York American" ripe with political insinuations and double meanings. Probably with greater specificity than the artist intended, he likened each figure to a character or interest group in the election. It is likely that Mount's motives included both subtle political concerns and a commitment to the transcription of visual data gleaned directly from his rural surroundings. The cider mill immortalized here stood in Setauket, Long Island, until the early twentieth century.

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This 19th century painting "Cider Making" was painted by the male American artist William Sidney Mount in 1840. The over 180 year old original creation had the following size: 27 x 34 1/8 in (68,6 x 86,7 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the North American artist as the technique for the artpiece. It is in the the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, by exchange, 1966 (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Purchase, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, by exchange, 1966. Furthermore, alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width.

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