Edward Hopper

"What will you have gentlemen?" (landlady and boarders)
1900

A vintage black and white illustration depicting a scene with five characters seated around a dining table. A woman, presumably the landlady, stands at one end of the table, carving a bird. Four men with varying expressions sit at the table, with one speaking. There are plates, bowls, and bottles on the table. The caption reads, "Landlady: 'What will you have gentlemen?' Four boarders (in chorus): 'A leg!' Landlady: 'Gentlemen, a chicken has not 4 quadrupeds.'" The artist's signature, "E.T. Reed 1900," is in the lower right corner.

A vintage black and white illustration depicting a scene with five characters seated around a dining table. A woman, presumably the landlady, stands at one end of the table, carving a bird. Four men with varying expressions sit at the table, with one speaking. There are plates, bowls, and bottles on the table. The caption reads, "Landlady: 'What will you have gentlemen?' Four boarders (in chorus): 'A leg!' Landlady: 'Gentlemen, a chicken has not 4 quadrupeds.'" The artist's signature, "E.T. Reed 1900," is in the lower right corner.

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Date
1900

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 14 1/4in. (28.9 × 36.2 cm)

Accession number
70.1566.146

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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