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“The Pleased Publican,” c. 1840–60

Offered by: Patrick Bavasi

Description
English Naïve School
“The Pleased Publican”
English, circa 1840–1860

Oil on canvas

Canvas: H 20.5 in W 16.25 in
Framed: H 26 in W 21.75 in

The broadly smiling man is most likely a popular pub owner or bartender. He holds what appears to be a clay pipe in one hand and a spouted pewter ale measure in the other. Such measures were used in public houses to dispense a prescribed quantity of ale rather than as ordinary drinking vessels, suggesting that this cheerful figure may have been a local “publican.”

The person I acquired this from was convinced this was the village drunkard. I’m not so sure. Whoever he was, he seems to have been worth painting, and he doesn’t seem to mind.

PROVENANCE
With Charles Jay Conover Antiques, Los Gatos, United States;
Private collection, San Francisco, United States.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Materials:	oil on canvas
Condition:	cleaned and restored (2006)
Creation Date:	circa 1840–1860
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
200 Lex Booth #:	54
Dealer Reference #:	AM03
Incollect Reference #:	876932

Dimensions

W.	21.75 in;	H.	26 in;
W.	55.25 cm;	H.	66.04 cm;

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