Two other slips of paper with indistinct writing have been nailed to the wall nearby. It begins, “LONG ISLAND RAILROAD,” and is then indistinct. A notice has been affixed to the taupe-brown wall, beyond the stove. Along the back wall, to our right, a built-in cabinet is filled with clear and dark glass bottles and small wooden barrels. To our left of the injured man, a black top hat lies on its side with playing cards and a spotted red handkerchief spilling out. In front of the stove, fire tongs, a log, and wood shavings litter the floor. He wears a dark brown cloak trimmed with fur and a fur hat with ear flaps folded up. His head is tipped down so his eyes are hidden under the brim of his hat, and he smiles slightly. His body is angled to our right so he stands with his back to the injured man, has face in profile.
A third man stands behind the smoking man. He wears a camel-brown coat, charcoal-gray pants, and black shoes. He has curly blond hair, long sideburns, a long, prominent nose, and smoke wafts from his pursed lips. One hand is propped on his thigh and he leans on his other leg with his elbow, smoking a pipe held in that hand. He leans forward toward the other man with his feet straddling the platform under the stove. To our right of the stove, a second man sits on a stool, his body angled to our left. He has a rose-pink cravat tied at his throat and wears a cream-colored jacket over a white vest, olive-green pants, and brown shoes. He has ash-brown hair and a five o’clock shadow. He rests that foot on the platform beneath the fireplace, and a wooden crutch leans on his leg. His head is wrapped in white cloth and his left knee in a red cloth. In his left hand, farther from us, he holds a half empty glass, also with amber-colored liquid. He leans forward and points at the man sitting across from him with his right hand. To our left of the stove, the injured man sits on a broken-backed chair with his feet angled to our right. A glass with amber liquid, a clay-brown mug, and a long, white pipe rest on top of the stove.
In the center of the room and painting, glowing embers burn in the box-like stove and a long chimney pipe extends up off the back. Three light-skinned men, one with his head and knee bandaged, sit and stand around a rusty, free-standing stove in a room with wide plank floors in this horizontal painting.
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