Swiss

A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek – Caldwall after Brandoin 1772

A Ladies Made Purchasing a Leek_Caldwall after Brandoin_1772

Print made by James Caldwall (1739-1789) after Michel Vincent Brandoin, (1733-1807) from the Yale Center for British Art

Detail: street seller, basket, food, carrots, leek, lettuce,  maid, apron, spatter-dashes

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Portrait of a father with his daughter by Sigmund Barth 1765

Sigmund Barth ( 1723–1772 )
How many people today would ask their young daughter to fetch them a red hot coal so they can light a pipe?
Detail:  coat, buckle breeches, waistcoat, shirt, pipe, coal, tongs, girl, girls clothing, chair, fireplace

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Study of a Boy – Jean-Étienne Liotard 1738

Jean-Étienne Liotard ( 1702 – 1789 )

Detail: coat, cloth buttons, shirt,  beads, hair, boy

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Departure from a French Inn – Grimm 1775

Caricature of a Departure from a French Inn - by Grimm dated 1775

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794

Caricature illustration for a book.

Detail: postilion, boots, ladies clothing, horses, wooden shoes

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