Street Refreshment Stalls

c. 1865

Felice Beato

Associated Names
Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image shows six people around a small outdoor stand. On the far left, a person carries a bundle on their shoulder. Next to them, a child peeks over the stand, sitting behind a counter. A man stands behind the counter, while two women and another man stand nearby. In the background, there is a wooden structure with vertically placed planks and a bamboo screen hanging above. Objects are placed on the stand.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 × 25.5 cm (8 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.70.3

  • Series Title

    Views of Japan

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, Australia), 1997; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: No. 1; left center edge: n73; lower left corner: 5; bottom left, circled: 99; center bottom: STREET REFRESHMENT STALLS

Wikidata ID

Q64147584

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