Street Scene in London: Winter Evening, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Street Scene in London: Winter Evening, from "Harper's Weekly"
Street Scene in London: Winter Evening, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
DateApril 2,1859
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 1/16 in. (41.8 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.1
Not on view
DescriptionJuxtaposition of wealth and poverty in the foreground: people in torn garments crowd around hot pea soup. Others, dressed lavishly in rich layers pass around this scene on the right. The aforementioned persons occupy a slightly larger scale evoking a classist hierarchy of scale. Architectural element convey setting in the background.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "212," publisher, and date "April 2, 1859" typeset right of image at the top of the sheet in black ink.
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