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Pictures of street traders were popular in England at this time. One of the boys in this scene is eating a sandwich, invented only six years earlier!
Title
The Porter and the Hare
Date
c.1768
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63 cm
Accession number
VA.1955.0563
Acquisition method
gift from the National Art Collections Fund, from the Ernest Cook Bequest, 1955
Work type
Painting
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5QP England
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