Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month~ Day 15

Marion Feasting the British Officer on Sweet Potatoes
by George Washington Mark

1848 / Oil on canvas / 31 7/8″x37 7/16″ / National Gallery of Art, DC

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George Washington Mark painted another version of this scene the same year.
That canvas is part of the collection of the New-York Historical Society.

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