Art, literature & historyThe Truants
1843
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 58.1 × 80.96 cm (22 7/8 × 31 7/8 in.) framed: 71.12 × 93.98 × 6.03 cm (28 × 37 × 2 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2016.22.22
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Truants — Joshua Shaw. 1843.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 58.1 × 80.96 cm (22 7/8 × 31 7/8 in.) framed: 71.12 × 93.98 × 6.03 cm (28 × 37 × 2 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.22.22. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, 1981).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.