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The Mumpers

Date: 1912
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 ft 4 inches × 100 inches (6 m 19.8 cm × 254 cm)
Credit Line: City of Detroit Purchase
Object number: 27.160
Outdoor scene with a view of several figures in tattered clothing. A woman kneels holding a frying pan over a fire in center of foreground. Six figures grouped together at right of fire partially obscure a wagon. A dog, a covered dish and a bottle are in the far right. At left, a figure lies face down, a second sits and three more stand, one holding a baby. A small nude child lies at left of woman cooking. In the middleground a mule stands at center before a picket fence. Four trees are visible on far side of fence. A hilly landscape and a cloudy sky are in the background.
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