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Image source: Barrell, John. The Dark Side of the Landscape: the Rural Poor in English Painting, 1730-1840. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

George Morland

Nationality: British

Training: Royal Academy, London

Peers: Thomas Gainsborough; George Romney

Group: picturesque; 18th century

Provenance: purchased from J. Davey & Sons by Charles Scott and Henry Stone on behalf of the Founders' in 1931

Subject: Georgian England before the Industrial Revolution; English rural life




Other Works in Vancouver Art Gallery Collection

George Morland
The White Horse
oil on canvas
Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund
VAG 34.5

George Morland
The Catastrophe
oil on canvas
Bequest of Mr. George Kidd
VAG 65.9