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"Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia, (painting). Artist:  Krimmel, John Lewis, 1786-1821, painter. (attributed to) Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich, painter. (formerly attributed to) Title:  "Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1811-1813. Medium:  Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper. Dimensions:  9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in. (24 x 17.5 cm). Description:  A fashionably dressed couple approach an African American chimney sweep with his two assistants on a Philadelphia street corner. In the background is Christ Church. Subject:  Cityscape -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Christ Church Figure group Ethnic -- African American Animal -- Dog Occupation -- Service -- Chimney Sweep Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.15 References:  Exh.catalog "Centennial of American Watercolor Society," Metropolitan Museum, 1966, pg. 10. Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 323. Illustration:  Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 323. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 81960016   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81960016 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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