The Stone Breaker and His Daughter
Oil Painting
1830 (painted)
1830 (painted)
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Stone breakers shattered rocks to lay the new roads that transformed communications during the early 19th century. The painting contrasts the worn-out labourer with the fresh-faced girl. It is the earliest of several sympathetic depictions by various artists of this badly paid and backbreaking work.
Object details
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| Title | The Stone Breaker and His Daughter (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'The Stone Breaker and his Daughter', Edwin Henry Landseer, 1830 |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Stone breakers shattered rocks to lay the new roads that transformed communications during the early 19th century. The painting contrasts the worn-out labourer with the fresh-faced girl. It is the earliest of several sympathetic depictions by various artists of this badly paid and backbreaking work. |
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| Accession number | 508-1882 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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