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[Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about Washington] / A. Castaigne. – Antique Wall Art

[Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about Washington] / A. Castaigne., 1 painting : oil. — historic image
[Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about Washington] / A. Castaigne., 1 painting : oil.. Historic image from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about Washington] / A. Castaigne.

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A seated girl reads aloud about George Washington while a woodcutter and his family stop their work to listen, and that moment of shared attention sets this painting apart from the other family scenes on the board. A. Castaigne painted it in oil for *The Century Magazine*, where it was published in the April 1894 issue (volume 47, page 815). The picture presents reading aloud as a household pleasure in a working rural setting, with Washington serving as a familiar figure of national pride for young readers of the period. Castaigne, a French-born illustrator, produced many such magazine images for American publications in the 1890s.

Created / published1 painting : oil.
GenreCentury, 47:815, (April 1894). BAR updated record 1989-1994.
Notes[18]94.
SubjectsChildren--1890-1900. Reading--1890-1900. Woodcutters--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,176 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175664

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