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Source Description
McLenan was originally a meat-packer in Cincinnati. He practiced drawing for his own amusement, but later adopted it as a career, emerging as a prolific illustrator.Here a young crossing-sweaper, a common sight in Victorian streets, and a companion, eye a rich lady's ankles, exposed as she navigates a dirty pavement.
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Document identity
localId
29310
label
Urchins Looking at a Lady Lifting Her Skirt
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
29310
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Urchins Looking at a Lady Lifting Her Skirt
description
McLenan was originally a meat-packer in Cincinnati. He practiced drawing for his own amusement, but later adopted it as a career, emerging as a prolific illustrator.Here a young crossing-sweaper, a common sight in Victorian streets, and a companion, eye a rich lady's ankles, exposed as she navigates a dirty pavement.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.3
height
10.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/16 x W: 4 1/4 in. (10.3 x 10.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initials] Lower left: J M L
med
sepia on paper
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4284
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2180
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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00ce3931be8b5f9c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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aa9abbaaec0e50b2
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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48e03c27b6985920
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no
hasDescription
no