FDA-D.1689-2023

Parts

Object number

FDA-D.1689-2023

Object type

drawing

Identification

Title

Ploughing the Heathland, Lincolnshire
A Peat Digger on the Moor, Lincolnshire - Horse and Cattle in the Distance

Title Type

Common name
Other name

Description

Painted landscape view; farming scene with horses; figure of a man in the foreground

Comments

This view of an agricultural scene set in Lincolnshire includes three heavy horses in the middle distance pulling a single plough. In the foreground, a warrener (professional rabbit hunter) pauses to catch his breath while digging out a rabbit warren, his dog at his side. Peter de Wint favoured painting views of open fields, capturing the landscape as it was before the enclosure and partitioning of arable land. It was a sight that was largely lost by the early 19th century. At times de Wint undoubtedly sought out remaining undivided fields for the subjects of his paintings, but he may also have removed hedgerows and fencing in creating his works, to better serve his preference for wide horizontal
compositions.

Description

Content (place)

United Kingdom

Dimensions

height (actual size): 145mm
weight (actual size): 313mm
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Material

paper
watercolour

Materials & techniques note

Watercolour on paper

Production

Person

De Wint, Peter, 1784 - 1849 (Artist)

Date

c.1820

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: : Agnew’s, London, 2001; from whom purchased by Richard Amis; collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

Exhibited: ‘Watercolours & Drawings; 128th Annual Exhibition’, Agnew’s, London, 1st to 30th March 2001, catalogue number 52; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024