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William Sanford Mason (1824–1864)

Caught Napping

1857

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William Sanford Mason (1824–1864), Caught Napping, 1857, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in., signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason

William Sanford Mason (1824–1864)
Caught Napping, 1857
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason

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William Sanford Mason (1824–1864), Caught Napping, 1857, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in., signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason (framed)

William Sanford Mason (1824–1864)
Caught Napping, 1857
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in.
Framed dimensions: 29 x 33 in.
Signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason

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William Sanford Mason (1824–1864), Caught Napping, 1857, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in., signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason
William Sanford Mason (1824–1864), Caught Napping, 1857, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in., signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason (framed)

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William Sanford Mason (1824–1864)
Caught Napping, 1857
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower right: W. Sanford Mason

Provenance:  collection of C. J. Price & Co.; private collection, Massachusetts

Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1858

Caught Napping is a fine example of the light-hearted spirit of some American genre painting.  Mason paints an enchanting composition of a farm girl tickling the nose of a napping farm boy as he rests under the shade of a tree.  The ruddy-faced figures are placed close to the foreground, and the background opens up onto a wheat field that the boy should be tending.

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