# The Knapp Children

**Samuel Lovett Waldo** (1783–1861)  
ca. 1833–34  
Oil on canvas  
70 x 57 1/2 in. (177.8 x 146.1 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.114. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13095).

## About this work

Samuel Lovett Waldo painted this in about 1833–34, aged about 47. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Samuel Lovett Waldo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/samuel-lovett-waldo)

1783–1861

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was about 47
- Real size: about 70 × 58 in (178 × 146 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 20 × 30 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: Boys, Portraits, Dogs
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/861.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/861/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-knapp-children-met-13095).