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The image shows a person standing in an upright position with a wooden yoke on their shoulder, carrying two large wicker baskets. The person has distinct facial features, curly hair, and is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, knee-length robe or coat, knee-length breeches, stockings, and closed-strap shoes. The background features light sketching indicating a plain setting with a suggestion of a cobblestone path or courtyard.
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The image shows a person standing in an upright position with a wooden yoke on their shoulder, carrying two large wicker baskets. The person has distinct facial features, curly hair, and is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, knee-length robe or coat, knee-length breeches, stockings, and closed-strap shoes. The background features light sketching indicating a plain setting with a suggestion of a cobblestone path or courtyard.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Poultry Seller

Paul Sandby

Date
c. 1759
Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 19.5 x 15.3 cm (7 11/16 x 6 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1993.61.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
London Cries

Subjects and terms

  • occupation
  • genre
  • British
  • Poultry
  • Hawker
Provenance

Lord Bruce (Viscount Bruce of Melbourne?) (sale, Christie's, London, 27 April 1965, lot 61, no. 10); Stephen Somerville Ltd., London; purchased 1993 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, on verso in graphite: 10

NGA object ID 83013. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.