Summary: The Pinch Of Poverty
Title: The Pinch of Poverty
Type of resource: Painting, Artwork
Source: T. B. Kennington
Date: 1889
Audience: The viewer intended for this painting is the general public.
Purpose: The purpose of this artwork is to entertain and inform.
Understanding of Belonging
There are four main individuals contained within this painting who are situated in the foreground. A mother is sitting on a small stone wall of what looks to be someone’s yard. On her lap is a baby wrapped in a sling that is enclosed around the woman’s body. To the left of her is a young boy. He is leaning into her which shows that they have a close bond. The three look as though they are there to encourage the little girl on the right who is selling flowers. She is more than …show more content…
Body language, facial expression and costume also contribute to shaping meaning. ‘The Pinch of Poverty’ suggests that the people within the painting are living in a time of destitution. Their clothes are drab and darkly toned which indicates that they were not a family of wealth. None of the characters in the image are smiling which indicates that they are not happy with their current situation. However, even though their setting seems somewhat negative there is that beam of optimism reflected through their actions. The mother and her two young children are there supporting her eldest child. They are situated behind the small girl while she works to earn whatever little money she can. Such a relationship shows that the people who love you will always stand by you, no matter how difficult the circumstances may …show more content…
In particular the situation in the artwork can be closely associated with that of Elizabeth Proctor and her three children. She wants the best for her children and in rough times as these, her ability to protect them grows weak. All of the talk of witch hunts in the town of Salem has made all the general public suspicious. In turn, this has resulted in the accusing of innocent persons. One of which is Goody Proctor. A band of officials arrive at her homestead and demand she go with them to court as she has been accused. Her husband John puts up quite a fight but Elizabeth acts quite subdued. Before she leaves her home she makes sure that her children are not harmed by her absence.
Elizabeth: “John, I think I must go with them...When the children wake, speak nothing of witchcraft – it will frighten them...Tell the children I have gone to visit someone
Type of resource: Painting, Artwork
Source: T. B. Kennington
Date: 1889
Audience: The viewer intended for this painting is the general public.
Purpose: The purpose of this artwork is to entertain and inform.
Understanding of Belonging
There are four main individuals contained within this painting who are situated in the foreground. A mother is sitting on a small stone wall of what looks to be someone’s yard. On her lap is a baby wrapped in a sling that is enclosed around the woman’s body. To the left of her is a young boy. He is leaning into her which shows that they have a close bond. The three look as though they are there to encourage the little girl on the right who is selling flowers. She is more than …show more content…
Body language, facial expression and costume also contribute to shaping meaning. ‘The Pinch of Poverty’ suggests that the people within the painting are living in a time of destitution. Their clothes are drab and darkly toned which indicates that they were not a family of wealth. None of the characters in the image are smiling which indicates that they are not happy with their current situation. However, even though their setting seems somewhat negative there is that beam of optimism reflected through their actions. The mother and her two young children are there supporting her eldest child. They are situated behind the small girl while she works to earn whatever little money she can. Such a relationship shows that the people who love you will always stand by you, no matter how difficult the circumstances may …show more content…
In particular the situation in the artwork can be closely associated with that of Elizabeth Proctor and her three children. She wants the best for her children and in rough times as these, her ability to protect them grows weak. All of the talk of witch hunts in the town of Salem has made all the general public suspicious. In turn, this has resulted in the accusing of innocent persons. One of which is Goody Proctor. A band of officials arrive at her homestead and demand she go with them to court as she has been accused. Her husband John puts up quite a fight but Elizabeth acts quite subdued. Before she leaves her home she makes sure that her children are not harmed by her absence.
Elizabeth: “John, I think I must go with them...When the children wake, speak nothing of witchcraft – it will frighten them...Tell the children I have gone to visit someone