- 126
English School
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- English School
- The Rhubarb Seller
- oil on panel
- 12 by 9 1/4 in.
- 30.5 by 23.5 cm
- Painted circa 1850.
Literature
Cf. Alfred Rubens, A Jewish Iconography, 1954, nos. 1109, 1207, 1212, 1222, 1227
Catalogue Note
The Jewish Rhubarb seller was well known in the streets of London in the 19th Century, as is documented in 5 different prints of this subject. The sellers of rhubarb, which was known as a medicinal herb, were invariably Jews of Turkish origin, as depicted in the turbaned figure in this work.