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| Keywords: The Beautiful Grisette by William Powell Frith CCWSH1167.jpg Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Parson Yorick - depicted as Sterne - and the gloveseller Grisette are in her Paris shop 1853 Technique oil canvas Size cm 17 2 21 6 Institution Laurence Sterne Trust object history exhibition history credit line Courtesy of the Laurence Sterne Trust Inscribed on verso in the artist's hand is the relevant passage from A Sentimental Journey and signed W P F 1853 The beautiful Grisette look'd sometimes at the gloves then sideways to the window then at the gloves - and then at me I was not disposed to break silence - I follow'd her example so I look'd at the gloves then to the window then at the gloves and then at her - and so on alternately I found I lost considerably in every attack accession number http //www laurencesternetrust org uk/collection/details php item 36132 CCWSH1167 place of creation Laurence Sterne Trust Images PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard William Powell Frith Books by Laurence Sterne Rococo revival paintings Shopping in art | ||||
