The Porter and the Hare is a 1768 genre painting by the German painter Johann Zoffany.Postle p.81 It depicts a London street trader, a common theme during the mid-Georgian era. The painting represents one of the earliest depictions of a sandwich, which had been pioneered by the politician Lord Sandwich a few years earlier. It is currently in the collection of the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry, having been acquired in 1955.Art UKBritish and Irish Paintings in Public Collections p.1852
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