Genre Scene Gallery

Primitive Methodists at Prayer, c1889, (c1902). Creator: Unknown

Primitive Methodists at Prayer, c1889, (c1902). After a painting in the Dudley Museums Service collection. Depiction of fishermen in the congregation of the Fore Street Chapel in St Ives, Cornwall. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

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Study of the The Regents of the Childrens Orphange in Haarlem'; pub. 1821-28

Study of the The Regents of the Children's Orphange in Haarlem'; from a Collection of engravings and drawings by the Dutch Masters... pub. 1821-28 (engraving). Dutch Golden Age; seen in the common black and white dress that was popular in the highly Protestant country during this period, despite the sobriety of their dress however the ornate Oriental carpet/cloth that adorns the table subtly suggesting the wealth and status of the men; the group appears to have been interrupted mid-meeting, as they all turn in unison to face the viewer

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The Rising Generation, 1891, (c1902). Creator: Unknown

The Rising Generation, 1891, (c1902). After a painting in the Atkinson Art Gallery Collection, Southport. Two men in pink jackets (traditionally worn for fox hunting), admire a new litter of foxhounds. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

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