Art
First Time at the Market
In 1854, a young man ventures out to buy groceries—a moment painter Lilly Martin Spencer captures as both comic and tender. This everyday errand reveals how shopping, gender, and marriage were changing in American homes.
Art
In 1854, a young man ventures out to buy groceries—a moment painter Lilly Martin Spencer captures as both comic and tender. This everyday errand reveals how shopping, gender, and marriage were changing in American homes.
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He stands in the market stall, overwhelmed by choice and price. His wife—or is she?—guides his hand toward the produce. Around them, vendors call out, baskets overflow, and he looks half-lost, half-determined to prove he can do this one small thing.
Reflect
Who in your household does the shopping? Has that always been the same person?