1898
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
London Types: Sandwich Man is a 1898 by William Nicholson, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a man holding a big sign on the street. He's wearing a sandwich board, which is a board with signs on both sides. The sign on his board is about a big painting, which is an interesting detail because it shows what people were interested in back then. The man in the painting is just one of many people depicted in the series, which is notable because it shows everyday life in London. The series also includes many women, which was a deliberate choice to represent both men and women equally. This choice was made because the publisher, William Heinemann, supported equality. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of the artist: William Nicholson (British, 1872–1949).
London Types celebrates the affection residents felt for their city at the end of the 19th century. The series includes many depictions of women because the publisher William Heinemann, a strong supporter of the struggle for equality, advised the artist to represent both sexes equally. The scenes document London of the 1890s with contemporary references. For example, the Sandwich Man advertises a vast painting of the Ecce Homo by the Hungarian artist Mihály Munkácsy, which was on view at the Dowdeswell Galleries in New Bond Street at the time.
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Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits.
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