The Four Markets: The Vegetable Market
1779
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Richard Earlom
Richard Earlom (1743–1822) was a British artist, born in London.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Four Markets: The Vegetable Market is a 1779 by Richard Earlom, a Romanticism work, depicting Market, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a busy 18th-century vegetable market in England. Women in bonnets sell cabbages, carrots, and herbs from baskets. A man in a tricorn hat carries a sack on his back. Earlom based this on a painting by Dutch artist Hendrick Sorgh. Sorgh showed the same scene years earlier, but Earlom’s copy feels livelier. Notice how the light falls on the vegetables, making them look almost real. Check out Earlom’s other prints. Try looking up Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822).
Richard Earlom (1743–1822) was a British artist, born in London.
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