Autumn-Sowing of Grain
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1813 (engraved)
c.1796 (drawn)
1818 (published) - Artist/Maker:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William, born 1775 - died 1851 (artist)
Hassell, John, born 1767 - died 1825 (engraver) - Materials and Techniques:
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
- Credit Line:
Mummery Bequest
- Museum number:
E.5380-1946
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case EL, shelf 137
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.
Place of Origin
Great Britain (made)
Date
1813 (engraved)
c.1796 (drawn)
1818 (published)
Artist/maker
Turner, Joseph Mallord William, born 1775 - died 1851 (artist)
Hassell, John, born 1767 - died 1825 (engraver)
Materials and Techniques
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Descriptive line
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.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Materials
Paper; Printing inks
Techniques
Etching; Aquatint; Hand-colouring
Subjects depicted
Farming; Sowing; Rural; Baskets; Dog; Autumn; Church; Field
Categories
Landscapes; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
