The Shrimp Girl

1. The Shrimp Girl

Made by Tsapurina Lubov
group 341

2. William Hogarth (1697-1764)

English
painter, printmaker,
pictorial satirist,
social critic, and
editorial cartoonist.

3. The Shrimp Girl

The painting, a
relatively late work
by Hogarth, is one of
several in which he
experimented with a
loose,
almost impressionistic
style

4.

The painting depicts a
woman selling
shellfish on the
streets of London,
typically a job for the
wives and daughters
of fishmongers who
owned stalls in
markets such
as Billingsgate.

5.

The subject balances
a large basket on her
head, bearing
shrimps and mussels,
together with a halfpint pewter pot as a
measure.

6. Thank you for your attention!