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Thomas Hicks · 1881–90

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Palette

Sepia
33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Bistre
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1

Soot
14% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1

Pewter
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Silver
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1

Ash
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1

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Artist: Thomas Hicks
American, 1823–1890
Date: 1881–90
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 62.9 × 81.9 cm (24 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: Realism · 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. McKay Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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