2
Portfolios%20%3D%20%221658%22%20and%20Sort_Artist%20%3D%20%22Goodman,%20Walter%22
Book
The Keeleys on the Stage and At Home
Walter Goodman, (London, 1838 - 1912, London)
Goodman, Walter
England
1838 - 1912
Male
Primary
8 15/16 x 6 3/16 x 1 9/16 in. (22.7 x 15.7 x 4 cm)
.
.
.
overall
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1895
1895
1895
Book
2008.52
item
Memorial Art Gallery
8/13/2008
2008.52DI#2
digital image
Detail
7/9/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2008.52_A1.jpg
2008.52DI1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/2008.52_A2.jpg
Painting
The Printseller's Window
Walter Goodman, (London, 1838 - 1912, London)
Goodman, Walter
England
1838 - 1912
Male
52 1/4 x 44 3/4 in. (132.7 x 113.7 cm)
.
.
.
Oil
Oil
1883
1883
1883
1800-1900, 19th century, jobs & work, men, paintings, trompe l'oeil
Painting
Painted in the illusionistic technique of trompe l’oeil (French for “fool the eye),” The Printseller depicts a heavily-bearded shopkeeper cradling a small statuette of Cupid. The display case before him contains a variety of objects, including prints, books, coins in a porcelain dish, a magnifying glass, a wineglass, a strand of pearls and a metal tankard. Many of the prints are reproductions of famous paintings that would have been familiar to Walter Goodman’s audience of the early 1880s.
A string of small photographs called cartes-de-visites stretches across the display case. These small photographic portraits, sized to mount on a visiting card, became extremely popular; a craze developed for collecting the cartes of celebrities as well as family and friends. Here, each represents a famous Victorian painter of Goodman’s time, including John Everett Millais, Rosa Bonheur, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (fourth, sixth, and ninth from the left, respectively). A larger photographic portrait of the famous art critic John Ruskin is located in the center directly below the string of cartes.
Although relatively unknown, Walter Goodman was an interesting and practiced artist with a varied career as a portraitist, illustrator and writer. Of Jewish heritage, he was the son of portraitist Julia Salaman Goodman. He was widely traveled and an intimate member of London’s theatrical society. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution.
lower rightback of stretcher, per 1999 conservation report; partial label, mostly illegible. [possibly The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR), a railway company in the UK from 1846 to 1923? ran to Victoria Station, London]back of stretcher, per 1999 conservation reportback of stretcher, per 1999 conservation reportback of stretcher, per 1999 conservation reportback of stretcher, per 1999 conservation report. Inscription has been effaced.back of stretcher, per 1999 conservation report.back of canvas, per 1999 conservation report. back of canvas, per 1999 conservation report. back of canvas, per 1999 conservation report.back of stretcher, per 1999 conservation report; partial label, mostly illegible [possibly So. Kensington Museum?]back of stretcher, scratched into the wood
1998.75
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/21/1999
98.75TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
98.75SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4x5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
98.75DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
7/13/2000
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/98.75_A1.jpg
98.75DI2
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
98.75DI3
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/98.75_A2.jpg
98.75DI4
digital image
detail
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/98.75_A3.jpg
98.75DI#5
digital image
4/7/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/98.75_A4.jpg