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Oil on Canvas - Victorian Street Sellers
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Oil on Canvas - Victorian Street Sellers

19th century
Description

A quality large oil on canvas of 3 Victorian street sellers, seated, smoking pipes and toasting each other.

circa 1880

Physical Dimensions
Height
89cm (35.04")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Declaration

Salisbury Antiques Centre has dated this Victorian Street Sellers Oil Painting to the 1880s.

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SA1123257
Dealers Internal Reference
C2062
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Description
A quality large oil on canvas of 3 Victorian street sellers, seated, smoking pipes and toasting each other.

circa 1880

Height
89cm (35.04")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Date of Manufacture

Salisbury Antiques Centre has dated this Victorian Street Sellers Oil Painting to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1123257
Dealers Internal Ref
C2062
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Sellingantiques verified Since Nov 2007
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A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes.
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Archive I A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes.

Oil on Canvas - Victorian Street Sellers

Archive II A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes. View II
Archive III A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes. View III
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A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes.
Oil on Canvas - Victorian Street Sellers
Ref: SA1123257
A 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes.
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  • ObjectOil Painting
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian Social Realism
  • MaterialOil Paint, Canvas, Wood Stretcher
  • ColourMuted Earth Tones
  • MotifsFigurative narrative, Clay pipes, Victorian street costume, Wicker basket
  • SizeH 89 cm (35 in) x W 103 cm (41 in)

This Victorian social realism oil painting on canvas depicts three Victorian street seller women seated together in dark bonnets, aprons, and shawls, with two smoking clay pipes and a toasting glass. Rendered in muted earth tones, the figurative narrative work captures three women wearing Victorian street costumes and gathered around a wicker basket. The canvas is stretched over a wooden frame, and the palette consists of earthy browns, blacks, muted greens, and weathered neutrals. The women wear dark hats and headscarves, and they hold slender clay smoking pipes and a small drinking vessel. Measuring 89 cm high and 103 cm wide, this piece hangs well above a sideboard in a dining room, living area, or hallway to add historical character to a home. The traditional subject matter complements period interiors, traditional studies, or cottage-style rooms, bringing a narrative focus to wall spaces that require artwork with depth and historic atmosphere.

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Victorian genre painting focuses on scenes of daily life, capturing ordinary people, working-class subjects, and narrative moments. Emerging in the 19th century, social realism documented contemporary social conditions with atmospheric lighting and meticulous attention to costume and setting.

Paintings from this period typically utilized hand-ground or tube-stored oil pigments mixed with linseed oil, applied onto stretched cotton or linen canvas. Wooden stretcher bars held the canvas taut, while natural resin varnishes were applied to protect the finished surface.

Authentic period paintings exhibit natural surface craquelure, subtle oxidisation on the reverse of the canvas, and hand-cut wooden stretcher keys. Examination under ultraviolet light often reveals historic varnish layers or touch-ups consistent with aged artwork.

Integrate 19th-century oil paintings by placing them above dark wood sideboards, integrated into gallery walls alongside modern monochrome prints, or framed in slim gilt moldings to bridge classical and modern aesthetic schemes.

Maintain oil paintings in environment-controlled rooms with stable humidity and away from direct sunlight or heat sources. Remove light surface dust using a dry, soft-bristled brush, and avoid water, chemical solvents, or commercial polishes without professional conservation guidance.
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