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Swiss

Young Couple with Two Small Children in a Laundry by Sigmund Freudenberger

Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801) from the Swedish National Library Detail: window, shutter, broom, washtub, dishes, cook pot, pot lid, iron kettle, fireplace, fireplace curtain, lantern, ceiling hook, playing card, family, chair, table, bottle, shelf, food, apples, basket, skillet, long handle frying pan,

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Beggar in Soldiers Clothing by Marquard Wocher 1780

Marquard Wocher (1760-1830) from the Swiss National Library Detail: beggar, crutch, sling, tattered clothing, haversack, gourd canteen  

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Young Mother by Marquard Wocher 1778

Marquard Wocher (1760-1830) Detail: Mother, child, plant pot, rake, chicken, basket, dog, scythe, sickle, shovel, shaving bench, house, window, garden, thatch roof, timber frame

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Jailer and Convict by Franz Feyerabend 1790

Franz Feyerabend (1755-1800) from the Swiss National Library, Prints and Drawings Department Detail: Gentleman, walking stick, shoes, man’s coat, neck stock, tricorn hat, broom, hair, ladies shoes, jailer, convict

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A Ladies Maid 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

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794 Caricature illustration for a book. Detail: postilion, boots, ladies clothing, horses, wooden shoes

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