The New Bonnet

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
Date: 1858
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 30 1/8 in. (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Purchase, Erving Wolf Foundation Gift and Gift of Hanson K. Corning, by exchange, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.27.1

Taking the Census
Francis William Edmonds
1854 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00013381
Preparing for Christmas (Plucking Turkeys)
Francis William Edmonds
1851 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00013984
Baby with a Toy Horse (from Sketchbook)
Francis William Edmonds
ca. 1838 and after · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00016950
Man on Stairs (from Sketchbook)
Francis William Edmonds
ca. 1838 and after · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00016951