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Autumn-Sowing of Grain

Print
1813 (engraved), c.1796 (drawn), 1818 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured etching and aquatint depicting the 'Autumn-Sowing of Grain'. A group of three agricultural labourers sow grain in the foreground, holding baskets, whilst another figure moves two large working horses across the field in the background, before a small village with a church. There are also chicken-like birds and a dog with the corner of a pond shown in the botton right hand corner. Lettered with the title and publishing details.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAutumn-Sowing of Grain (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Brief description
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint depicting the 'Autumn-Sowing of Grain', engraved by J. Hassell for the publication 'Aqua Pictura', after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner. Great Britain, 1813.
Physical description
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint depicting the 'Autumn-Sowing of Grain'. A group of three agricultural labourers sow grain in the foreground, holding baskets, whilst another figure moves two large working horses across the field in the background, before a small village with a church. There are also chicken-like birds and a dog with the corner of a pond shown in the botton right hand corner. Lettered with the title and publishing details.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.3cm
  • Width: 35.2cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Autumn-Sowing of Grain, 1818
  • From an original drawing by J. M. W. Turner R.A. in the possession of the proprietors of this work/ London Pub July 1 1818 by T. McLean
Credit line
Mummery Bequest
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Other number
R.817 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest)
Collection
Accession number
E.5381-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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