About this object
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Maker:
Henshall, John Henry
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ID:
82.582
Production date:
1882
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Location:
In Store
This watercolour, by John Henry Henshall, depicts the interior of a typical public house in late Victorian London. The bar is believed to be in Old Street or Caledonian Road. For London's working class the pub was often at the heart of the local community. As well as providing alcohol they also offered warmth, hot food, and an escape from wretched poverty and slum accommodation. Here the artist paints women and children at the bar, a sight that temperance societies, who campaigned against alcohol abuse, strongly disapproved of.
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Measurements
H 410 mm; W 727 mm (paper)
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Materials
paper; watercolour; gouache
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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