The Good Sisters, Distributing food to the poor, The small print shop, Small collection of prints, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker: Frédéric Bouchot, publisher: Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1834, paper, wood engraving, height 141 mm x width 232 mm, giving alms or other charity, eg: handing out food, A pen-and-ink scene shows a group of women and children in a domestic interior with vertical wall panelling, a crucifix on the wall, and a closed door. A seated woman wearing a wide, pointed headdress and a long dark dress holds a large bowl in her lap and stirs or handles its contents while another standing woman with a different tall headdress and a dark gown looks on with hands folded. A third woman wearing an apron and carrying a bundle on her back stands near two children; one child holds a bowl while the other child stands at the door holding a steaming bowl. A wooden cupboard and bowl with a spoon sit to the left, and peeled vegetable skins and discarded piece...
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The Good Sisters, Distributing food to the poor, The small print shop, Small collection of prints, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker: Frédéric Bouchot, publisher: Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1834, paper, wood engraving, height 141 mm x width 232 mm, giving alms or other charity, eg: handing out food, A pen-and-ink scene shows a group of women and children in a domestic interior with vertical wall panelling, a crucifix on the wall, and a closed door. A seated woman wearing a wide, pointed headdress and a long dark dress holds a large bowl in her lap and stirs or handles its contents while another standing woman with a different tall headdress and a dark gown looks on with hands folded. A third woman wearing an apron and carrying a bundle on her back stands near two children; one child holds a bowl while the other child stands at the door holding a steaming bowl. A wooden cupboard and bowl with a spoon sit to the left, and peeled vegetable skins and discarded pieces lie scattered on the floor in front of the seated woman. The figures and furnishings are rendered in fine linear strokes and crosshatching.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Good Sisters Distributing food poor small print shop Small collection prints album page part album printmaker Frédéric Bouchot publisher Aubert & Cie Paris 1834 paper wood engraving height 141 mm x width 232 mm giving alms charity eg handing food pen- -ink scene group women children domestic interior vertical wall panelling crucifix wall closed door seated woman wearing wide pointed headdress long dark dress holds large bowl lap stirs handles contents another standing woman different tall headdress dark gown looks hands folded third woman wearing apron carrying bundle back stands near two children child holds bowl child stands door holding steaming bowl wooden cupboard spoon sit left peeled vegetable skins discarded pieces lie scattered floor front seated woman figures furnishings rendered fine linear strokes crosshatching

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