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Source Description
Natives from Savoy emigrated to Paris, where they frequently eked out a living as chimney sweeps or as itinerant musicians. Miller executed a preliminary drawing of this subject in Paris in 1834, which he preserved in a scrapbook. He presented this oil sketch to Jennie Walters (1853-1922), the daughter of his patron, William T. Walters. The syntax in Jennie's letter of acknowledgment suggests that the gift was made after the Walters' return from Europe following the Civil War. Miller repeated this theme in another sketch, also in a family scrapbook, showing Jean Valjean and a young Savoyard with a hurdy-gurdy, characters taken from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" of 1862.
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Document identity
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10584
label
The Savoyard
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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10584
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drawing
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normalized
title
The Savoyard
description
Natives from Savoy emigrated to Paris, where they frequently eked out a living as chimney sweeps or as itinerant musicians. Miller executed a preliminary drawing of this subject in Paris in 1834, which he preserved in a scrapbook. He presented this oil sketch to Jennie Walters (1853-1922), the daughter of his patron, William T. Walters. The syntax in Jennie's letter of acknowledgment suggests that the gift was made after the Walters' return from Europe following the Civil War. Miller repeated this theme in another sketch, also in a family scrapbook, showing Jean Valjean and a young Savoyard with a hurdy-gurdy, characters taken from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" of 1862.
provenance
Jennie Walters, Baltimore; Henry Walters (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum [date and mode of acquisition unknown].
date
19th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
oil sketches
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2
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2
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import
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cm
width
20.8
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16.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 3/16 x W: 6 3/8 in. (20.8 x 16.19 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on cardboard
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4486
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EAN
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2164
2167
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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26db7b989a223eb6
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2
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photo
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no