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oil paint (paint)50 × 61 Cm
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Lilly Martin Spencer positioned women at the center of her vivid portrayals of the everyday activities of white, urban, middle-class households like her own. This Little Pig Went to Market features a mother and child (modeled by the artist and her son William Henry) reciting a playful nursery rhyme. The game celebrates their emotional bond while also hinting at the larger world that the boy will eventually join.
Establishing herself professionally in Cincinnati and relocating to New York in 1848, Spencer supported her large family with her art. One of the most popular US artists of the mid-19th century, she worked hard throughout her career to translate this success into financial security.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 50 × 61 Cm |
| Tags | mother and childAmerican lifefamily |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Cosmopolitan Art Association, Ohio and New York, by Dec....
Cosmopolitan Art Association, Ohio and New York, by Dec. 1859 [engraving of work reproduced in Cosmopolitan Art Journal 3, no. 5 (Dec. 1859): frontispiece]
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estate of Letitia Duff Dyke
estate of Letitia Duff Dyke
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Elizabeth Wilt Collins (born Elizabeth Wilt Hertzog
Elizabeth Wilt Collins (born Elizabeth Wilt Hertzog
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<em>Cosmopolitan Art Journal</em> 3, no. 5
Cosmopolitan Art Journal 3, no. 5 (Dec. 1859): 247.
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Mrs. E. W. Collins, 1804–1876), Collinsville, IL, Jan. 1860 [as premium given to a subscriber by the Cosmopolitan Art Association
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sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.
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sold to Godel & Co....
sold to Godel & Co., Inc., Bedford, NY, Dec. 2019
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sold, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept....
sold, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 28, 2019, lot 230, as This Little Piggy. With George Turak (dealer), Philadelphia, by Dec. 2019
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<em>Cosmopolitan Art Journal</em> 4, no....
Cosmopolitan Art Journal 4, no. 1 (Mar. 1860): i]. Letitia Duff Dyke (born Letitia Duff Reuter, 1925–2018), Pittsburgh, PA, by 2018
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New York, Cosmopolitan Art Association, Düsseldorf Gallery, Dec. 1859 [?]–Jan. 31, 1860, no. 1.
New York, Cosmopolitan Art Association, Düsseldorf Gallery, Dec. 1859 [?]–Jan. 31, 1860, no. 1.
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