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Source Description
In this watercolor, a fishmonger offers his stock to a female customer, who appears to hesitate before choosing among the many types of fish on display. Mullet, mackerel, skate, cod, sea bass, herring, salmon, and gurnard (sea robin) can all be identified in the display. A flounder and a puffer fish hang from the shop front above. In the foreground, a child with a hoop gazes into a tub, probably filled with live carp. Given the variety of seafood on display, it is not surprising to learn that the artist was an enthusiastic fisherman. A version of this work was exhibited to great acclaim at the Old Watercolour Society in London. This is probably the larger version now in the collection of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, which is dated to 1872.
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Document identity
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32788
label
A Fishmonger's Shop
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drawing
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Source metadata
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32788
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
A Fishmonger's Shop
description
In this watercolor, a fishmonger offers his stock to a female customer, who appears to hesitate before choosing among the many types of fish on display. Mullet, mackerel, skate, cod, sea bass, herring, salmon, and gurnard (sea robin) can all be identified in the display. A flounder and a puffer fish hang from the shop front above. In the foreground, a child with a hoop gazes into a tub, probably filled with live carp. Given the variety of seafood on display, it is not surprising to learn that the artist was an enthusiastic fisherman. A version of this work was exhibited to great acclaim at the Old Watercolour Society in London. This is probably the larger version now in the collection of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, which is dated to 1872.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1873
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.2
height
30.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 15/16 x W: 11 15/16 in. (20.2 x 30.3 cm)
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med
watercolor on paper
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5854
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EAN
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432
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1
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0
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photo
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