Boy with a Dunce Cap in a Schoolroom
notes: label: Description
content: This 19th century oil painting depicts a schoolmaster seated at a desk. His students are seated or standing about the classroom. One boy is being disciplined and is made to wear a dunce cap. A dunce cap is a pointed hat, formerly used as an article of discipline in schools in Europe and the United States. It was typically made of paper and given to unruly schoolchildren to wear. Frequently, the student was made to stand in the corner. The reasoning was that no one would want to be labelled the "dunce" in the class, so students would avoid misbehaving. The work is mounted in an elaborate, gilded wooden frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0095.070
label: accession number
content: 2017.0095
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0095.070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (support material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 41 in x 1 1/4 in; 76.2 cm x 104.14 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 23 1/2 in x 35 in; 59.69 cm x 88.9 cm