The Flower Girl is a 1900 oil painting by the American-British artist James Jebusa Shannon.McConkey p.234Huneault p.93 It features a portrait of a flower seller breastfeeding her baby. It was produced while Shannon was holidaying with his family in Eastbourne. He regularly encountered the flower seller on the beach and she agreed to sit for him in her normal working clothes with her basket of flowers.https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/shannon-the-flower-girl-n01901
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1901 held at Burlington House in London, where it was one of the most widely praised works.https://chronicle250.com/1901 It was acquired as part of the Chantrey Bequest and is now part of the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-flower-girl-201797
References
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