Title: Taking the Census
Object type: Painting
Date: 1854
Culture: American
Artist:  Francis William Edmonds 
Artist bio: American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 x 38 in. (71.1 x 96.5 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Diane, Daniel, and Mathew Wolf, in honor of John K. Howat and Lewis I. Sharp, 2006
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Interiors, term: Children, term: Infants, term: Men, term: Women, term: Writing