School Rules
School Rules
Artist
William Holbrook Beard
(1824 - 1900)
Date1887
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Framed: 25 in. × 31 in. × 3 1/2 in.
Framed: 25 in. × 31 in. × 3 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedl.r.: W.H. Beard / 1887
On View
On viewBy the end of the nineteenth century, compulsory school attendance laws increased educational opportunities for more American children than ever before.