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American School, late 19th Century Hobo and Children Street Scene. signed and dated in l.r. "GW Ferguson 1895," Oil on canvas. depicting a stereotypical hobo taunted by young children on a streetcorner in front of an ice cream parlor, ht. 29 3/4, wd. 34 7/8 in., in a quarter-sawn oak frame. Note: The Jersey Milk Company, noted on the ice cream parlor's awning, was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois in the 1890s. Catalog of Paintings of the Art Department Third Minneapolis Industrial Exposition , 1888, lists three paintings by G.W. Ferguson on page 30 including #706 "The Hencoop Investigator," #708 "Sugar Camp" and #710 "The Gypsey Vag."


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2015-03-01

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