The Little Shop Keeper - A quintessential painting of young Victorian children at play, beautifully capturing the emotions and joy of the children. Signed, bottom left corner.
Period:Victorian 1837-1901
Artist:Edwin Thomas Roberts
Canvas Dimensions
35.6 cms High (
14 inches)
30.5 cms Wide (
12 inches)
Frame Dimensions
54.6 cms High (
21.5 inches)
47.0 cms Wide (
18.5 inches)
5.7 cms Deep (
2.25 inches)
Edwin Thomas Roberts was born in London in the 1840 and died in 1917. He was the son of Thomas Edward Roberts who also was an artist. Roberts regularly used children in his artworks and he portrayed them in a charming and idealistic manner. This style of art proved to be enormously popular with the Victorian public of the day and his work is still widely admired today as it represented the golden age of Victorian art and sentimentality.
Roberts works are now highly sought after and are increasing in value.
Exhibitions:
Suffolk Street : 1862-1886
Royal Academy : 1882-1884
Works include: Newlyn Scene; Naval Manoeuvres; There´s Many a Wile Lies Hid in a Smile; The Professor; The Dishonoured Bill; Polly, What's the Time (1884)
