Market Scene by Candlelight

Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

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This very dark painting shows a market scene with several mini-narratives occurring at once. The main focus is a young mother with her small child, who has come to buy vegetables; her status is shown as different from the woman who serves her by her fine clothes.

Ferens Art Gallery

Kingston upon Hull

Title

Market Scene by Candlelight

Date

1857

Medium

oil on oak panel

Measurements

H 57.5 x W 75 cm

Accession number

KINCM:2005.6142

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs Hubert Johnson in memory of her husband, 1948

Work type

Painting

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