The Crossing Sweeper

Seymour Joseph Guy

ca. 1860s · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

This small-scale work is typical of the sentimental genre scenes of childhood that were popular at the time this was painted. The subject is a barefoot girl, pausing in her task of sweeping streets in order to drink at a fountain. A fence separates her from a group of figures who relax in the park.

Artist

Seymour Joseph Guy

Date

ca. 1860s

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900