The True American

Oil, Enoch Wood Perry, 1874

What The MET says:
"The cropped sign above the door reads "The National Hotel." The mindless male figures, one of whom reads the newspaper "The True American," present only their backsides, with heads concealed, as does the depicted horse at left, and the dog at right. In these terms, the artist comments on the willful ignorance of the voting population in the United States during the Reconstruction era."

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