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Market Scene
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Shown in a market area of Manchester known as "Smithy Door." Throngs of shoppers and hawkers mill about food stands. The surrounding buildings are primarily of half-timber construction. On one shop at the right is a sign: PETER ECKERSLEY/Late/DAWSON/Importers of Linens...
At the left is a store displaying dishes in its window and next to it is a shop identified as: CRASTON SHOE MAKER. Seen in the background is the early 15th-century tower of the collegiate church of Manchester, which was elevated to the rank of cathedral in 1847. In the City Art Gallery, Manchester, is an undated lithograph of "Smithy Door" by H. G. James (inv. 1947.340).
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/3/1978 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
Overall: 29 15/16 × 24 3/4 in. (76 × 62.8 cm)
Framed: H: 39 7/8 × W: 34 7/8 × D: 3 1/2 in. (101.3 × 88.6 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.755