The Lantern-Maker's Courtship

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An exotic Eastern street scene, with a young lantern-maker in a long red coat and green turban, on the left, seated on a bench outside a workshop. Beside him stands a young woman in a long blue gown and gold Turkish slippers, the lower part of her face hidden by a black veil. The lantern maker is shown leaning forward with his hand outstretched, feeling her face beneath the veil. His other hand touches her wrist. Both the young man and the veiled young woman seem happy with the encounter, the woman curling her left foot up inside her slipper, the man smiling. Different types of lantern hang from hooks in the wall behind the lantern-maker, his equipment lies on the bench to one side. Beneath the bench a dog lies curled up asleep. A busy, narrow, street can be seen in the background, with a man in a top hat and a blue jacket, riding a donkey away from the viewer.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Lantern-Maker's Courtship

Date

c.1854–1860

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 29.4 x W 18.8 cm

Accession number

1917.266

Acquisition method

gift from Mr James Gresham, 1917

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed blc (mon) : Whh

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