The old arcade

Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953 · 1899

A covered alley in which light falls from the left upon the opposite wall and a stone pavement. The human occupants of the arcade vary in every state. In the foreground to the left is one figure only, a stout woman in a shawl standing with her back to us. On the right, a little way back, a woman walks with a heavy burden on her back, and a child sits on the ground.