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A Friendly Warning, 1881–90. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 62.9 × 81.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism
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- Museum title
- A Friendly Warning
- Artist
- Thomas Hicks American, 1823–1890
- Date
- 1881–90
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 62.9 × 81.9 cm (24 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- A. A. McKay Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.