# The Poor Man's Store [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PETO, John Frederick]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas and wood, 90 x 65 cm ## Commentary This painting depicts a shabby but colourful storefront window with brightly coloured candies, peanuts, gingerbread, and fruit for sale. It is surrounded by a wooden frame illusionistically painted to simulate a door, shelf, and wall. This canvas belongs to the school of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/h/harnett/oldmodel.html'\)" href="/html/h/harnett/oldmodel.html">trompe l’oeil paintings associated with William Michael Harnett</a> with whom Peto became friendly while living in Philadelphia and borrowed many of his subjects and compositional devices. ## Related artworks - [Books, Mug, Pipe, and Violin]() - [Tom's River]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()