Seed Time
Oil Painting
1854-1856 (painted)
1854-1856 (painted)
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Seed Time gives a detailed representation of mid 19th-century agricultural methods, including ploughing and sowing. Warm sunshine bathes the picturesque scene, highlighting the Kent scenery. The painting was conceived as a pair to a scene depicting the harvest.
Object details
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| Title | Seed Time (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Seed Time', John Frederick Herring Sr., 1854-1856 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'J F Herring. Senr./1854-6' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
| Gallery label | Seed Time gives a detailed representation of mid 19th-century agricultural methods, including ploughing and sowing. Warm sunshine bathes the picturesque scene, highlighting the Kent scenery. The painting was conceived as a pair to a scene depicting the harvest.(2015) |
| Credit line | Presented by Miss Mercy Mayhew in memory of her late brother Colonel Alfred H. Mayhew of the Bombay Staff Corps |
| Object history | Presented by Miss Mercy Mayhew in memory of her late brother Colonel Alfred H. Mayhew of the Bombay Staff Corps, 1915 |
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| Summary | Seed Time gives a detailed representation of mid 19th-century agricultural methods, including ploughing and sowing. Warm sunshine bathes the picturesque scene, highlighting the Kent scenery. The painting was conceived as a pair to a scene depicting the harvest. |
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| Accession number | P.19-1915 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2007 |
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