Pewter Shop, Soochow

The scene shows a shopfront hung with tall green and red signboards bearing Chinese characters, and a red-and-black carved eave above a counter lined with seated workers in blue tunics. In the foreground two men in blue robes stand talking, one carrying a large round pack wrapped in blue-and-white patterned cloth, while a child in a red and gold jacket walks past and a seated woman in a basket-laden blue garment rests near the right edge. The palette is dominated by indigo blues, muted reds, and greenish grays, giving the crowded street a hazy, subdued daylight atmosphere; the work is a woodblock print by Elizabeth Keith titled *Pewter Shop, Soochow*.