Lot 112: American School, late 19th Century Hobo and Children Street Scene. signed and dated in l.r. "GW Ferguson 1895," Oil on canvas. depictin

American School, late 19th Century

Hobo and Children Street Scene. signed and dated in l.r. "GW Ferguson 1895," Oil on canvas. depicting a stereotypical hobo taunted by young children on a streetcorner in front of an ice cream parlor, ht. 29 3/4, wd. 34 7/8 in., in a quarter-sawn oak frame.

Note: The Jersey Milk Company, noted on the ice cream parlor's awning, was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois in the 1890s. Catalog of Paintings of the Art Department Third Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, 1888, lists three paintings by G.W. Ferguson on page 30 including #706 "The Hencoop Investigator," #708 "Sugar Camp" and #710 "The Gypsey Vag."