Imaginary Street Scene With Market Stalls and a Theatrical Performance
Painting
1805 (painted)
1805 (painted)
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Painting depicting a provincial fair taking place in a town square. The scene is crowded with figures and lined with buildings. In the background is a church. The pavement in the centre and left foreground is strewn with rubbish. In the left background is a wooden platform with a troop of actors performing. On the right of the scene is a tavern.
Object details
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| Title | Imaginary Street Scene With Market Stalls and a Theatrical Performance (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Water-colour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, 'Imaginary Street Scene With Market Stalls and a Theatrical Performance', by Johannes Huibert Prins, provincial fair in Flanders, 1805. |
| Physical description | Painting depicting a provincial fair taking place in a town square. The scene is crowded with figures and lined with buildings. In the background is a church. The pavement in the centre and left foreground is strewn with rubbish. In the left background is a wooden platform with a troop of actors performing. On the right of the scene is a tavern. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'J.H. Prins inv [....] 1805' (Signed and dated) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs M. V. Cunliffe |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the museum by Mrs Malvina Virginia Cunliffe (1889-1962), 19 February 1963 |
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| Accession number | P.9-1963 |
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| Record created | May 4, 2010 |
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