The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.509) | |
| Number: | 346 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 8 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.357; M.356; W.253 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
KEYWORD
barrow, cart, children, fruit, fruitseller, genre, people, shop, stall, streetscape.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles / Brussels ' (1887, Whistler). 1
'The Barrow' (1887/1888, Whistler). 2
'The Barrow (Brussels)' (1889, Exposition Universelle). 3
'Barrow The Brussels' (1890/1891, Whistler). 4
'The Barrow, Brussels' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 5
'The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels' is Whistler's original title although he simplified it later.
'The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles / Brussels ' (1887, Whistler). 1
'The Barrow' (1887/1888, Whistler). 2
'The Barrow (Brussels)' (1889, Exposition Universelle). 3
'Barrow The Brussels' (1890/1891, Whistler). 4
'The Barrow, Brussels' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 5
'The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels' is Whistler's original title although he simplified it later.
1: Written on 
and with different punctuation, on .
2: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
3: Paris Exp. Univ. 1889 (cat. no. 419).
4: List, [1890/1891], GUW #13236.
5: Wedmore 1899 (cat. no. 253).
DESCRIPTION
A market-barrow stands in the street, its handles to left, in front of a window with open shutters. Pots on a shelf are just visible in the dark interior. A young woman and child sit behind the barrow, which is selling a mixture of foodstuffs. To right is an open doorway, with a small cross on the wall above it, and two women standing in the shadows of the doorway. In the foreground at right a girl wearing a short skirt and carrying parcels is walking towards the viewer. Just behind her, to left, is the indication of a child's head, and to right, the head and shoulders of a small child.
SITE
Brussels, capital of Belgium. Whistler etched a series of subjects in the Grand'Place and in the backstreets around it. A similar subject is seen in Children's Fruit Barrow [347].