Antique Dealer

The dealer has settled into a buttoned blue armchair, legs crossed, pipe in his right hand and a card raised to the light in his left. He is in a grey suit with a spotted bow tie, a bowler hat above his glasses and white moustache. His stock lies around him: a scrolled mantel clock, a small case, a toppled painted vase, stacks of books, a gilt-framed view of a bridge and a blue jug. A white bust of a boy stands on the mahogany commode behind.