Eight of the Inmates of the Fulton County Poorhouse

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Photography by David Revette.
Eight of the Inmates of the Fulton County Poorhouse
Photography by David Revette.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette.
Attributed to (American, born Germany, 1845 – 1919)
DateJanuary 1858
MediumWatercolor and ink on paper
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (27.3 × 38.7 cm) Sheet: 13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.166
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1992
Clinton NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 45).

1982
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art. "Found in New York's North Country. The Folk Art of a Region," February 27 - May 2, 1982 (no cat.).

Albany, NY. Albany Institute of History & Art. May 18- July 3, 1982 (cat no. 204).

Canton, NY. Silas Wright House and Museum, September 12-October 9, 1982.

1979
Clinton, NY. Root Art Center, Hamilton College. "Early American Paintings & Furniture from the Hamilton College Collection," January 13 - February 25, 1979 (cat. no. 11).

Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," (cat. no. 45).

1976
New York, NY. Museum of American Folk Art. "The Paper of the State," April 5 - June 6, 1976 [extended to September 24] (cat no. 117, illus.).
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Published References HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no. 45).

Keno, Leigh, EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND FURNITURE FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (Clinton, NY: Hamilton College, 1979), 7.

Johnson, Bruce, THE PAPER OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART: A BICENTENNIAL EXHIBIT OF THE PAPER FOLK ART OF NEW YORK STATE (New York, NY: Museum of American Folk Art, 1976), 16, illus. 17.
Inscribed Recto, bottom edge (oxidized black ink): "Eight of the Inmates- of Fulton County Poor House at West Bush / as they appeared in January 1858-"
Recto, beneath each portrait (oxidized black ink): "Old Mr. Clement Brandow, Crazy John Rogers, Robert Cunningham, Blind Abraham Kring / Old Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, Crazy Mary Ann Thompson, Crazy Mary Weaver, Mulatto Jane Vanbueren [sic]"
Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "HC. 98"
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