Image: donated by owner.

• Title(s): Fruit with shrimp (title used in private correspondence).
• Description: Still life chalk study including bunch of grapes attached to leafy vine, bowl of ?cherries and other items, including a single shrimp, on a round ?copper tray, cloth draped below, dark background.
• Media: “a study in chalk” (private correspondence).
• Date/signature/other text: “‘was painted in 1874 … signed” (private correspondence).
• History:
  • “Passed down through extended family until acquired by current owner” (private correspondence).
  • “‘Fruit with Shrimp’ is a pair to and similar to ‘Flowers’, a study in chalk” (private correspondence).
• Location: Private collection.

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Thanks to Mike Stewart for information on this work.

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