Pat Lyon At The Forge Essay -- John Neagle Artist Painter

Pat Lyon at The Forge John Neagle painted the picture Pat Lyon at the Forge somewhere in the range of 1826 and 1827. Only 50 years after the start of the American Revolution, this work of art shows the amount America had advanced. Neagle's representation is an incredible festival of gainful work (p 281) and the, pioneering and business energies that 'changed' the nation (p 8). It passes on the idea of 'republican equity' (p 241) that Wood talks about and how was significant it was to the pioneers of the Revolution. While pictures had before been a 'selective extravagance of the privileged' (p 354), Neagle's representation is a break from that custom. The canvas portrays a metal forger working in his fashion with a little youngster, perhaps a student, looking on behind him. Pay Lyon looks in no way like a blue-blood. He is a worker, working diligently with his shirt unfastened and sleeves moved up. In customary European culture, honorable men didn?t work, just average citizens did. ?The benevolence for which refined men were known meant opportunity ? opportunity from material want?and opportunity from having ...