Substance and Shadow
Summary
Sketch of the interior of an art gallery with walls covered with pictures. The gallery is full of people from the poorer, disadvantaged sections of society. The subjects of pictures on the walls are well dressed smiling upper classes and still lifes of food. Through a doorway at the back of the room is a boardroom with several higher class figures seated at a long table.
Object Name
Substance and Shadow
Creators Name
Date Created
about 1840
Dimensions
Sight: 17.8cm x 22.8cm
support: 18.8cm x 23.7cm
accession number
1883.12.1.E
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
pencil
Credit
Purchased
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