The Haymakers
c. 1830 Yale Center for British Art
About this artwork
An oil on canvas landscape depicting a group of haymakers resting under the shade of trees beside a calm body of water. The work reflects the artist's interest in the English landscape tradition influenced by Dutch masters.
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Sir Augustus Wall Callcott was a prominent British landscape painter who was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1837. This painting captures the quintessential pastoral charm that appealed to the British middle class during the early 19th century, idealized scenes of rural labor that contrast with the rapidly industrializing cities of the era.
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The Haymakers
Augustus Callcott, c. 1830
