Keywords: Pierre-Édouard Frère - The Little Housekeeper - Walters 3718.jpg A young village girl bends over a stove to peer into a large marmite the contents of which she stirs with a strainer She wears a white cap and apron a casaque and a petticoat wool stockings and sabots At her feet is an earthenware bowl some kindling and firewood In the background are various utensils including a salt box and dust basket wine bottles milk can water jug and basin 1857 oil on panel cm 32 7 24 ; Framed cm 57 48 5 ; Stretcher cm 32 07 45 56 accession number 37 18 13895 French and English Exhibition of Pictures National Academy of Design New York October 29 1859 William T Walters Baltimore October 29 1859 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1859 Signature In black paint lower left Ed Frère; Date In black paint lower left 57; Number On back of panel 623 Artful Dining The Exhibition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Pierre-Édouard Frère French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1857 paintings |