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James Tissot, London Visitors
1874, oil on canvas, 63 x 45 in.
The curiously attired boys are pupils of Christ’s Hospital, the charitable public school that was located in London until it was moved out to Horsham in Sussex in 1902.

Happily, the Tudor-era uniforms are still in use there and are the hallmark of the school to this day.

The visiting couple are obviously in from the provinces, and the woman gazes daringly at the viewer.

I wonder if the cigar on the steps was left for a moment by the artist as he dashed to take this snapshot.

Published at 3:50 pm on Friday 26 November 2021. Categories: Art Errant Thoughts Tags: , .
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