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Henry P. Wolcott
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About this work
In 1877, Olin Warner lived with Henry Wolcott, nicknamed “The Bird.” Wolcott exhibited a painting at the annual show of the National Academy of Design in 1879, but his artistic career was short-lived. Warner was often appalled by his roommate’s drunken antics, reporting to a friend that “The Bird” brought “objectionable friends” home late at night and would turn the “small den and studio into a place of fearful noise and orgy till sometimes the police would interfere.” Despite his disdain for his friend’s lack of discipline, Warner portrayed him in painter’s garb holding a palette.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHenry P. Wolcott. 1877. Olin Levi Warner, born Suffield, CT 1844-died New York City 1896. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carlyle Jones. CC0.
