# Tom's River [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PETO, John Frederick]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 59 x 41 cm ## Commentary This painting is a skilful game of deception, starting with the wooden frame with the nails which cast fake shadows, the string hanging down on one side, the texture of the old wood painted in different colours, the torn papers and the letters which are apparently scratched into the wood. ## Related artworks - [Books, Mug, Pipe, and Violin]() - [The Poor Man's Store]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()