About The Crossing Sweeper

The Crossing Sweeper is an 1858 painting by the English painter William Powell Frith which has been described as breaking "new ground in its description of the collision of wealth and poverty on a London street." Frith later painted several versions of the same subject, updating the fashions.

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Inception: 1858

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by William Powell Frith via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

The Crossing Sweeper

1858 painting by William Powell Frith

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