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Street Urchin

Antique Hand Colored Engraving - 'London Street Urchins' - U. K., circa 1880
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique hand colored engraving - early morning street urchins by the River Thames in London - solid
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Antique Bronze Street Urchin by Charles Anfrie, 1833-1905', 19th Century
By Charles Anfrie
Located in London, GB
This is a large Spanish bronze sculpture of a street urchin by the renowned Catalan sculptor
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Antique 1890s Spanish Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Framed 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Street Urchin
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a distressed dark green frame. Unsigned. On panel.
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Pair Bronzed Bookends, Young Boy, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of figural bookends offer bronzed cast metal sculpture of young boy street urchin
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Early 20th Century Bookends

Materials

Metal

"Wild Youth, " Art Deco Sculpture by Fred Press
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of a youthful figure, perhaps a street urchin from the alleys of New York, with his
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

The Confab
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
sentimentalized portrayals of street urchins that John George Brown is known for. His paintings were reproduced
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1880s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

The Confab
The Confab
H 25 in W 30 in D 1 in
Old Lady - Original Drawing by Edmé Jean Pigal -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
bourgeoisie and the 'vulgarity' of the working classes. His favorite subjects were the street urchins of Paris
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19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Two KPM Porcelain Plaques in Giltwood Frames after Murillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
street urchins are widely celebrated for their striking realism and dramatic use of chiaroscuro. The
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Antique Late 19th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Portrait of Grandmother and Grandson titled "Peeling Apples"
By John George Brown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
street urchins, newsboys, and flower sellers, often capturing their resilience and spirited nature
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronze Casting from the 1930s Giovanni De Martino
By Giovanni De Martino
Located in bari, IT
produced sculptures depicting characteristic Neapolitan types, especially urchins, “street urchins”, little
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Vintage 1930s Italian Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique Automaton The Whistler by Phalibois
Located in London, GB
Parisian street urchin, he appears on Phalibois' letter head and advertisements at the turn of the century
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Antique Early 1900s French Musical Instruments

Materials

Satin

Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing
By John George Brown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
idealized depictions of street urchins in New York which included bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gae Aulenti Sgarsul rocking chair Poltronova Italy 1962
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
" comes from the Neapolitan dialect and means "scugnizzo" or street urchin. It's a modern take on a
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Leather, Plywood

Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph
By John George Brown
Located in Soquel, CA
urchins found of the streets of New York (bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers, newsboys, etc
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1870s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Art Deco Neapolitan 'Scugnizzo' Bust by De Martino, Gilt and Burnished Bronze
By Neapolitan Craftsman
Located in Vigonza, Padua
busts, in particular street urchins, fishermen, common people, with realistic features. Excellent
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Preparing the Trick
By John George Brown
Located in Missouri, MO
painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot
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Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sketch of Anne
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
images of club fights, street urchins swimming in the East River, and the Pennsylvania Station excavation
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1920s Ashcan School Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1923 George Bellows Lithograph, Titled "The Garden of Growth'
Located in Chicago, IL
realist of his generation. He created memorable images of club fights, street urchins swimming in the East
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Antique Painting Grape and Melon Eaters After Bartolome' Murillo 18th Century
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in London, GB
of street urchins constitutes an appealing record of everyday life at that time. This superbly
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Oil on Canvas "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" After Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. These lively, realist portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and
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Antique Late 19th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood

Last Bus In London by Bert Hardy - Limited Edition silver gelatine print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
famous, and Hardy long claimed his favorite, photo, shows two street urchins off on a lark in Gorbals, an
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

French Antique Bronze "La Renommée" 'Fame' by Alexandre Falguiere & Susse
By Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière 1, Susse Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
model for his work, reportedly a street urchin he recruited from his neighborhood, but also by referring
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Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
, shows two street urchins off on a lark in Gorbals, an image which has come to represent Hardy's keenest
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"
By William Hogarth
Located in Alamo, CA
carrying a pie has broken and the pie has fallen to the street, where a young street urchin girl is eating
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

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20th Century Bronze Street Urchin
By Giovanni De Martino
Located in Florence, IT
Bust representing a Street-Urchin of the half of 20th Century. The "scugnizzo" is one of the most
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Early 20th Century Italian Busts

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Bronze Street Urchin
20th Century Bronze Street Urchin
H 14.97 in W 12.6 in D 6.7 in
Business Neglected
By John George Brown
Located in Wellesley, MA
children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks
Category

Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Otis Skinner as Col. Philippe Bridau in "The Honor of the Family"
By George Benjamin Luks
Located in Concord, MA
his early canvases. Street urchins, beggar women, rag pickers, and the working class are painted with
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1910s Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

The Pie Eaters After Bartolome Esteban Murillo European School Oil Painting
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Leicester, GB
women and children. These lively, realist portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars
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Early 19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

S. Sweeting - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Street Urchin
Located in Corsham, GB
A watercolour and body colour portrait of a young street urchin with a sorrowful expression
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century Bronzed Figure of a Street Urchin
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronzed white metal figure of a street urchin holding a cigar in one hand and match in
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Antique 19th Century British Figurative Sculptures

The Street Urchin Musicians Bronze on Marble Base
By Francesco di Matteis
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
"The Street Urchin Musicians" bronze group on marble base, attributed to Francesco de Matteis
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Antique Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Achille Petrocelli Signed Oil on Canvas of Street Urchins, circa 1900
By Achille Petrocelli
Located in Kingston, NY
Offered is Achille Petrocelli signed oil on canvas of street urchins playing cards and smoking
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Early 20th Century Drawings

Materials

Other

Antique Oil on Panel Painting of a Street Urchin Hobo Signed C.J. Larsen C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil on Panel Painting of a Street Urchin Hobo Signed C.J. Larsen, Seated in Giltwood Frame
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Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Wood

Mayer - 1968 Oil, Street Urchin
Located in Corsham, GB
A head and shoulders portrait of a young boy draped in heavy clothing. Signed to the lower right. Inscribe the artist name and dated verso. Presented in a wooden frame with gilt deta...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Band Of Street Urchins (Charles Dickens) Large Oil Painting
By Barry Leighton-Jones
Located in Surfside, FL
urchins, has completed many different series of works, in many different styles. His work, whether of
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Figural Cast Bronze Sculpture of Young Boy with Shoe on Marble Base
Located in Big Flats, NY
19th century antique figural cast bronze sculpture depicts young boy, street urchin, holding his
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Antique 19th Century European Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

17th Century Dutch or Flemish Portrait
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming 17th century Dutch or Flemish oil-on-board portrait of a “street urchin” in a period
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Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Paintings

Materials

Wood

Antique Bronze Statue of Smoking Boy with Monkey by Wegener Denmark 19th Century
By Carl Theodore Wegener
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique bronze statue by Carl Theodor Wegener (Denmark, 1862-1935) depicts a boy (street urchin
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Antique 19th Century Danish Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Oversized KPM Porcelain Plaque, The Madonna & Christ Child, after Murillo c1890
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Big Flats, NY
. These lively, realist portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and
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Antique Late 19th Century German Classical Greek Paintings

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Lookey There!
By John George Brown
Located in Missouri, MO
, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks, newspaper vendors
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emma and Marjorie on a Sofa
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
as the most important realist of his generation. He created memorable images of club fights, street
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Industrial Giant Anemone Form Street Sweeper Brushes
Located in Rochester, NY
Old industrial three dimensional large convex sunburst anemone urchin form street sweeper brushes
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Vintage 1970s American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Antique Painting Grape and Melon Eaters After Bartolome' Murillo 18th C
Located in London, GB
street urchins constitutes an appealing record of everyday life at that time. This superbly
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Antique 1780s Spanish Paintings

Materials

Canvas

18th Century Painting Boys Playing Dice After Bartolome' Murillo
Located in London, GB
classical landscape. This lively, realist portrait of street urchins constitutes an appealing record of
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Paintings

Materials

Canvas

The Fandango, oil on canvas
By Robert Kemm
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
variety of people including bull-fighters, gypsies, musicians, dancers, street sellers, urchins and
Category

19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Follower of Augustus Mulready (1844-1904) - Oil, Street Urchin beside Railings
Located in Corsham, GB
An emotional study of a street urchin, curled on a city door step with his tired head to his elbow
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rudolf Kratky 19th century "Here Comes Trouble"
Located in San Francisco, CA
possibly a street urchin and is oil on board. The frame appears to be original to the painting and measures
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Young Girl in the Woods
By John George Brown
Located in Milford, NH
, street urchins, bootblacks, and newsboys. His paintings of these sympathy-arousing children were so
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Flower Girl, " John George Brown, Genre Painting, Street Figure
By John George Brown
Located in New York, NY
children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks
Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Un Homme etable! Pouilleux Pouilleux
By Edme Jean Pigal
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
bourgeoisie and the" vulgarity "of the working classes. His favorite subjects were the street urchins of Paris
Category

19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Standing Female Nude
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
from drawing Gibson Girls to painting the life of the streets. Bellows was still a relative newcomer to
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1920s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Bert Hardy Gorbals Boys 1948 - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
, shows two street urchins off on a lark in Gorbals, an image which has come to represent Hardy's keenest
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a young boy
By J. G. Brown
Located in Norwalk, CT
boys and street urchins, this painting is quite amusing as it depicts A well to do child rather than
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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Portrait of a young boy
Portrait of a young boy
H 24.25 in W 16.25 in
1969 Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1969 oil by Ayo is very well done. Painting of a homely street urchin longing for the
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

1969 Original Oil on Canvas
1969 Original Oil on Canvas
H 42 in W 31 in D 1.75 in
White Marble Bust of a Working Class Boy by Aimé-Jules Dalou, circa 1860-1880
By Aimé-Jules Dalou
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
piece by a very well respected and listed sculptor which conjures up visions of the street urchin and a
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Busts

Materials

Marble

The Fandango, oil on canvas by Robert Kemm
By Robert Kemm
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
variety of people including bull-fighters, gypsies, musicians, dancers, street sellers, urchins and
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Mid 19th Century Oil - Man with A Long Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming mid 19th century study depicting a man smoking a long pip. Presented in a gilt effect composition frame. On board.
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sculpture Cochon en bronze de Pierre Chenet France Circa 2000
By Chenet
Located in London, England
Pierre Chenet, un maître fondeur français, a marqué son empreinte dans le monde de la sculpture en bronze avec son emblématique création du cochon. Sa fonderie, où il met en œuvre so...
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Early 2000s French French Provincial Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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Street Urchin For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic street urchin available at 1stDibs. Each street urchin for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and marble. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect street urchin — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right street urchin, those designed in Art Deco and Baroque styles are of considerable interest. A well-made street urchin has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles Anfrie, Fred Press and Giovanni De Martino are consistently popular.

How Much is a Street Urchin?

Prices for a street urchin start at $162 and top out at $295,000 with the average selling for $4,052.