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Description: | Gathering mussels was generally a job for women and children. The mussels were eaten by the fisher family themselves or sold at market. The girl in this scene is pretty, and her ragged clothing has been depicted in a picturesque way, using attractive colours. Sentimental views of the lives of poor people were popular with Victorian collectors. Henry Johnstone was based in the Midlands and south of England. He painted many versions of this subject. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | artists beyond Tyne and Wear watercolours art children | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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