Waiting for the Ferry at the Falcon Tavern
1874 Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a well-dressed family seated on a wooden pier by the Thames, with the Falcon Tavern visible in the background. It exemplifies the artist's attention to contemporary Victorian fashion and middle-class leisure.
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James Tissot moved to London from Paris following the Franco-Prussian War, where he quickly gained fame for his stylish and meticulously detailed depictions of high-society life. This painting reflects his fascination with the English landscape and the leisurely pastimes of the Victorian bourgeoisie along the Thames. Tissot's work is often praised for its cinematic quality, as he frequently treated his canvases like scenes from a contemporary play.
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Waiting for the Ferry at the Falcon Tavern
James Tissot, 1874
