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The Oyster Girl

Artist: Karl Gussow (1843 - 1907)

Location: Walker Art Gallery

Date: 1882

Materials: oil on panel

Dimensions: 76 x 63 cm

Bequest:

Review number: 4387 (1996)

Provenance:
Acquired by E J Vaughan of Crowborough, East Sussex, who died in about 1945; he bequeathed it to his daughter, Mrs O M Baker.

Description:
Half-length portrait of girl in cream bodice and dark headscarf, holding dish with oysters. Technique is photographic.

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