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Notice the city-scape in the background. Likely the marsh grass harvested as hay is destined to feed the horses that moved the city's commerce.
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David Farquharson born in Perthshire, Scotland in 1839 and died in 1907.
He painted images from Scotland, Wales, England and Holland.
His work is still affordable in the $500-to-$2000 range. It lacks the photographic detail of the more celebrated artists of his time but I am fascinated by the images of people farming/gardening/gathering in resource-scarce environments.
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Another hay harvest with city-scape in the background. This is probably harvesting a marshy island in the tidal-flats.
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Gleaning something from the hedgerow beside the road. Maybe sloe or rose-hips.
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Havesting. I assume they have potatoes in the bags.
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A farmer harvesting cabbages, chatting with a passerby.
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Gleaning something. Farmer in the background with a team of horses.
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A stack of fallen-wood or cut brush on the left side of the road. For fires?
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Snaking a cut timber out of a woods with a horse
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Two boys beneath a sycamore. Maybe about to go fishing or to smoke their first pipe of tobacco?
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Transporting a load of hay or straw. Note the thin line of trees on the top of the ridge.
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Man with a hay-rake crossing bridge. Cultivated crops in upper-left. Hedgerow in background. Large leaved plants near bridge might be Coltsfoot (Simon, I could use a hand, here). Branched plant with flat umbels looks like Poison Hemlock.
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Hat-tip to the indefatigable Lucas Machias.
Thanks as always ERJ.
ReplyDeleteI had never quite thought of "painting what they knew" as informational gathering exercises, but you make a very good point.