William P. Chappel, 1870 - The Dog Killer - fine art print

What does the The Metropolitan Museum of Art write about the 19th century work of art created by William P. Chappel? (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Walking New York’s streets, one risked being bitten by one of thousands of roaming dogs—some feral, others beloved pets—that lived off street refuse. This scene depicts the effects of one infamous attempt at dog population control. According to Catherine McNeur in "Taming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum City," an 1811 law mandated a tax of three dollars per dog (about a week’s wages for an ordinary laborer) and the killing of unregistered canines (bounty hunters earned fifty cents per carcass). The summer of 1811 alone saw more than twenty-six hundred dogs slaughtered (pp.13-15). Many decried the killings as an economically prejudicial affront to common decency. This victim appears to have met his end on the doorstep of Daniel Davis, a boardinghouse owner at 359 Water Street.

In 1870 the painter William P. Chappel created the masterpiece. The version of the work of art measures the size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in (15,6 x 23,5 cm). Oil on slate paper was used by the American painter as the medium of the artpiece. It is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection located in New York City, New York, United States of America. 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 (public domain). Creditline of the artwork: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954. Moreover, alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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