The Harvest Moon
Oil Painting
1855 (painted)
1855 (painted)
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Oil painting
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Title | The Harvest Moon |
Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
Brief description | Oil painting, 'The Harvest Moon', John Linnell, 1855 |
Physical description | Oil painting |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'J Linnell f 1855' (Signed and dated by the artist, bottom right of centre) |
Gallery label | 48. John Linnell (1792-1882)
The Harvest Moon 1855
Oil on canvas, 66 x 99 cm (26 x 39 ins)
The importance of the harvest was formerly apparent to everyone, as a scanty harvest could cause near-starvation and unrest. A good harvest was consequently a symbol of peace and plenty. Linnell, associated with both William Blake and Samuel Palmer (his son-in-law), excelled in the depiction of this part of the agricultural year. He here adds a new dimension to the conventional image of the harvest. Linnell invests his scene at the end of a late summer's day, the sun and the moon in the sky together, with a spiritual, even mystical, fervour. The fecundity of the crop (there are fields and harvesters as far as the eye can see) is emphasised by the families in the foreground - men, women and children - slowly making their way home.
Given by John Jones, 1882 (554-1882)(2002) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
Object history | Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882 |
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Accession number | 554-1882 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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