"Betty the fruit girl" [art original]

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Description

Title
"Betty the fruit girl" [art original]
Creator
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created
[1885]
Publication Place
New York?
Abstract

Drawing of a young woman, full-length, turned slightly right, wearing a her hair in a cap; she holds a wicker basket in the crook of each arm, filled with strawberries and cherries, She stands on a wooden platform in front of a fence constructed of tree branches in front of dense hedge of greenery

Description
Title written below image. From a quotation in Horace Walpole's letter to George Montagu 23 June 1750: We minced seven chickens ... which Lady Caroline stewed over a lamp ... She had brought Betty, the fruit-girl, with hampers of strawberries and cherries from Rogers's, and made her wait upon us, and then made her sup by us at a little table.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 52.
Bound in as page 220 in volume 2 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Extent
1 drawing : image 25.6 x 18 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 225 884S Copy 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Watercolors American 19th century
Material
watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Baskets
Berries
Girls
Food vendors
Subjects
Baskets
Berries
Girls
Food vendors
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation
David Edward Cronin, "Betty the Fruit Girl". The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13689968
Object ID (OID)
16704358

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