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Sifting The Past
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Studying the Past, One Image at a TimeMon, 24 Oct 2016 17:14:07 +0000en-US
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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9The Doctor’s Pill by John Collet
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/10/24/the-doctors-pill-by-john-collet/#respondMon, 24 Oct 2016 17:14:07 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1951John Collet (1725-1780) from the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Detail: cat, table, chair, bed, doctor’s bill, picture, boots, gloves, walking stick, medicine bottles, old woman, doctor, coat, men’s hat, maid, cloth cap, drinking glass
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/10/24/the-doctors-pill-by-john-collet/feed/01951The City Chanters by Samuel Okey after John Collet 1771
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/18/the-city-chanters-by-samuel-okey-after-john-collet-1771/#commentsMon, 18 Apr 2016 14:31:29 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1957Samuel Okey after John Collet (1725-1780) from the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Very interesting outfit for the center woman…
Detail: boy, wig, tricorn hat, sailor, sea turtle, straw hat, girl, doll, prison, hand bills
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/18/the-city-chanters-by-samuel-okey-after-john-collet-1771/feed/51957Snow Removal Cart by C. G. H. Geissler 1810
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Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler (1770–1844)
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/15/snow-removal-cart-by-c-g-h-geissler-1810/feed/11924Girl with a Tray by Philip Mercier 1750
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/14/girl-with-a-tray-by-philip-mercier-1750/#commentsThu, 14 Apr 2016 13:39:13 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1933Philip Mercier (1689-1760)
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/14/girl-with-a-tray-by-philip-mercier-1750/feed/71933The Judgment of Paris by Henry William Bunbury 1771
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/14/the-judgment-of-paris-by-henry-william-bunbury-1771/#commentsThu, 14 Apr 2016 13:30:30 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1960Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) from the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/14/the-judgment-of-paris-by-henry-william-bunbury-1771/feed/11960School for Girls by Philip Mercier
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/12/school-for-girls-by-philip-mercier/#commentsTue, 12 Apr 2016 14:35:12 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1930Philip Mercier (circa 1689-1760)
Detail: school, school master, neck cloth, book, ink, inkwell, quill, students, floral hat, gown, hair, chair, table
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/12/school-for-girls-by-philip-mercier/feed/41930Christine Wilhelmine Auguste Geissler by C.G.H. Gissler 1800
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/11/christine-wilhelmine-auguste-geissler-by-c-g-h-gissler-1800/#commentsMon, 11 Apr 2016 14:00:20 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1927Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler (1770-1884)
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/06/a-weavers-workshop-by-cornelis-gerritsz-decker/feed/61904St. Petersport by Hermanus Petrus Schouten 1796
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/05/st-petersport-by-hermanus-petrus-schouten-1796/#respondTue, 05 Apr 2016 12:26:10 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1899Hermanus Petrus Schouten (1747-1822)
Detail: city street, street sellers, peddlers, wheel barrow, bucket, basket, baker, vegetables, workmen, shop, sailor, fishermen
]]>https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/05/st-petersport-by-hermanus-petrus-schouten-1796/feed/01899The Peddler by Louis Joseph Watteau 1779
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https://siftingthepast.com/2016/04/04/the-peddler-by-louis-joseph-watteau-1779/#commentsMon, 04 Apr 2016 12:21:00 +0000https://siftingthepast.com/?p=1896Louis Joseph Watteau (1731-1789)
Detail: farm house, laundry, well, well bucket, farmer, farm wife, peddler, walking stick, stockings, mirror tricorn hat, jug, washtub, plate