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Source Description
A young girl stands in a larder drinking milk directly from a pitcher. Light from a window at the right illuminates the interior, revealing various utensils, including a rack of pewter spoons hanging on the back wall, a shelf of dishes, a cupboard, a wooden dairy bucket, and several strainers. The floor is laid in earthenware hexagonal tiles.
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Document identity
localId
23039
label
Helping Herself
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
23039
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Helping Herself
description
A young girl stands in a larder drinking milk directly from a pitcher. Light from a window at the right illuminates the interior, revealing various utensils, including a rack of pewter spoons hanging on the back wall, a shelf of dishes, a cupboard, a wooden dairy bucket, and several strainers. The floor is laid in earthenware hexagonal tiles.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
21
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (27 x 21 cm); Framed H: 20 1/4 × W: 18 5/16 × D: 3 1/8 in. (51.5 × 46.5 × 8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left in black paint: Ed. Frére; [Date] Lower left in black paint: 59
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
4366
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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31481a8058ddc10c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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89604f223c70a4f0
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no
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no