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The Cottagers

Date1788
Object PlaceEngland, British Isles, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions71 × 95 inches (180.34 × 241.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. K. T. Keller
Object number55.278
DescriptionOutdoor scene with view of three women in yard. One sits at a spinning wheel near cottage at right. The second stoops over feeding chickens. A third balances a bundle of wheat on her head in center. A dog sits in the foreground at far right. A hilly landscape and a cloudy sky are in the background.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 8
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Robert Gosling; Major W. S. Gosling, Hassobury