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"Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a group of people on a brick sidewalk. A woman with short hair wearing a blue and white dress and red shoes stands on the left. A man in a green jacket, white shirt, brown pants, and a black top hat stands next to her. A man in a black jacket, blue vest, red necktie, and a brown hat stands behind two boys. The boy on the left wears a brown shawl and holds a broom. The boy on the right wears a brown hat and jacket. A dog with a white, brown, and black coat stands on the right. A black lamppost is on the right. In the background, there is a brick building on the left and a large stone building with a fence on the right. The sky is blue with white clouds. Tall yellow and green trees are in the distance.

Artwork details

Date:
1811–ca. 1813
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
454 × 624 px
Museum record:
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