Pinch of Poverty

Pinch of Poverty by Thomas Benjamin Kennington

1891 Painting measures 6.6 in by 5.85 in

Thomas Benjamin Kennington was an English genre portrait painter born in the year 1856. He trained at the Liverpool School of Art, Royal College of Art, and Acadamie Julien. He is known for domestic and everyday life scenes in his paintings. Some Notable works of his include Orphans, Homeless, and Pinch of Poverty which all posses similar emotions.

Pinch of Poverty really shows the viewer what it is like to experience being a mother of two with only the clothes on their back and having to sell flowers in the rain just to provide. This connects to my theme because it shows a drastically low level of wealth which is an indication of inequality.