The Gossips, by Horace Bonham, 1885.


Spectacles on nose, a white bonnet, and a pipe add character to an aging woman as she leans into whisper the latest gossips to her darkly clothed, attentive friend. Oil on canvas
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The Gossips, by Horace Bonham, 1885. Bonham was a native of York County, but completed his studies in Paris with Bonnat. He is noted as a genre artist and often created the same subject in several mediums.