Man Selling Toilet Paper
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Man Selling Toilet Paper is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man sitting on the floor, surrounded by stacks of paper. He's wearing loose-fitting pants and a long-sleeved shirt, and he's holding a piece of paper in his hands. The man is looking down at the paper, and his facial expression is neutral. The man is sitting in front of a few bamboo stands that hold more stacks of paper. There's also a conical hat hanging from one of the stands. The background of the painting is plain, with no other objects or people visible. The painting is part of the Romanticism movement.
A rectangular watercolour painting from 1790 depicts a man sitting between two open baskets, unfolding a stack of pressed toilet paper, with his hat visible in the background. The work is part of a set of 100 paintings illustrating various trades and occupations in Canton. It was acquired by Parsons & Sons and accessioned into the collection in 1898, as recorded in the Asia Department registers during a 2022 provenance research project.
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