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Domestic Happiness

1849
oil on canvas
55 1/4 x 45 3/4 in. (140.3 x 116.2 cm) Framed: 6' x 57 1/4 x 4

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Conversation Piece

ca. 1851–52
oil on canvas
28 5/16 x 22 5/8 in. (71.9 x 57.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Kiss Me And You'll Kiss The 'Lasses

1856
oil on canvas
29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in. (76 x 63.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Standing amidst a bountiful harvest of fruits in a well-appointed bourgeois interior, the woman pictured here turns from her work to engage an unseen interloper (placed in the position of the viewer) in a playful flirtation. As the title implies, if the interloper tries to kiss her, he will receive a dousing of molasses from the spoon in her hand....
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The Dogged Class

1885
oil on canvas
36 x 48 1/4 in.

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH

notes
The Dogged Class depicts a sumptuously dressed girl leading her “pupils” in a lesson of discipline. Her dogs seem to take on human reactions and feelings, as their attentive expressions lend humor to the scene.
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Listening To Father's Watch

1857
oil on academy board
16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)

Currier Museum of Art

Manchester, NH

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The Young Husband: First Marketing

circa 1854
oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches

Hunter Museum of American Art

Chattanooga, TN

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Peeling Onions

ca. 1852
oil on canvas
36 in. x 29 in. (91.44 cm x 73.66 cm)

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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The Artist And Her Family At A Fourth Of July Picnic

ca. 1864
oil on canvas
49 1/2 x 63 in.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Washington, D.C.

notes
Lilly Martin Spencer's The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic depicts an idyllic scene in which well-dressed, middle-class Americans have gathered to celebrate their country's independence by eating, drinking, and entertaining one another. Sprawled on the ground at the center of the picture is the painter's husband, whose weight has...
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This Little Pig Went To Market

1857
Oil on artist's board with hand-cut arched top.
16 x 11 7/8 in.

New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain, CT

notes
Description: A mother holds a child on her lap and touches his toes. They sit beside a curtained cradle. The mother wears a green dressing gown with elaborately designed borders and a white lace nightgown. Her green slippers rest on a red foot cushion.
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Benjamin Rush Spencer

1848-1852
pencil on paper
sheet: 19 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (48.9 x 39.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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