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| Keywords: Nicholas Chevalier, Seeking Fortune, oil on canvas.jpg Artwork creator Nicholas Chevalier Title Seeking Fortune In this work a young boy looks wistfully over the edge of the boat in which he is depicted His bundle is evidence of his leaving his violin is tucked under his arm and is perhaps obliquely referred to in the title 'Seeking Fortune' He wears a Scottish cap and is possibly leaving Glasgow In its addressing of the theme of emigration the work has much in common with Ford Madox Brown's The Last of England 1852-5 Exhibited for the first time in 1887 it has also been suggested that the painting depicts B L Farjeon a friend of the artist who in 1854 at age 16 left England for Australia 1887 oil on canvas Size object history exhibition history credit line accession number place of creation http //www europeana eu/portal/record/09405a/3B94BC8DF355032DA7A9643750619A94CF157559 html query Seeking+Fortune Vads PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Chevalier Nicholas Nicholas Chevalier 19th-century oil on canvas paintings 1880s paintings Oil paintings of boys Emigration in art 1887 Immigration in art People with musical instruments in art Paintings with signatures Males with watercraft 19th-century paintings location missing | ||||
