The Cake Shopp'e
by Jean Walker
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18.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
The Cake Shopp'e
Artist
Jean Walker
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
London; in the 18th century...Cake shopp'e with a little waif standing in the snow, wrapped in an old wooly blanket, looking longingly at the small cakes in the shop window, the window lit only with a small flickering candle.
London in the eighteenth century was a swirling mass of contrasts. A rowdy hedonistic, gin-swilling public rubbed shoulders with gentlefolk keen to do good work. One of the worst problems affected by the social conditions in London in the early eighteenth century was the large numbers of children either entirely abandoned or thrown on the tender mercies of the parish - illegitimate children were handed over to parish officers for a lump sum.
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July 24th, 2012
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Comments (11)
Jean Walker
Bless you Sherry; for featuring my work into your ABC group (Noel) G+ promotions & v7.......I really appreciate it.......Jean !!!!
Xueling Zou
Compelling painting you created, Jean! It reminds me so much about this story, tears in my eye... I really appreciate your visiting and leaving a nice feedback on my work, thank you:)!
Jean Walker replied:
Thank you Soooooooo much for your lovely comment Xueling and You are so welcome..........!!!