Artist: William Powell Frith
Date: 1853
Museum: Royal Academy of Arts (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
In the Victorian period, women who sat for artists were considered morally suspect – even those who posed fully clothed. Securing suitable sitters was often difficult for artists, who often searched for attractive shop-girls and other poorly paid women to be their models. In his autobiography, William Powell Frith described discovering the orange-seller who posed for this picture:
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