The non-representation of the agricultural labourers in 18th and 19th century English paintings : an exploration into the artistic conventions followed by the aristocracy and landowning classes in representations of the agricultural labourers in the 18th and the first decades of the 19th century in English paintings of the period, which rarely depicted the true state of such people / by Penelope McElwee.

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Creator:: McElwee, Penelope, aut
Title(s):: The non-representation of the agricultural labourers in 18th and 19th century English paintings : an exploration into the artistic conventions followed by the aristocracy and landowning classes in representations of the agricultural labourers in the 18th and the first decades of the 19th century in English paintings of the period, which rarely depicted the true state of such people / by Penelope McElwee.
Physical Description:: xii, 175 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Holdings:: Reference Library
NX650.L32 M34 2016 (LC)
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Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12803800
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index.
Subject Terms:: Agricultural laborers in art.
Agricultural laborers in art.
Painting, English -- 18th century -- Themes, motives.
Painting, English -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.
Painting, English -- Themes, motives.
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List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction : power, individuality: the non-recognition of the agricultural labourer
Setting the stage: the 18 century dominance of money and position. The big house and the message it projected to 18 century societyone completely excluding the labouring poor who toiled to build the grandiose buildings ; A consideration of the rise of the architect, his buildings and his patrons
The landscape and the labourers. The big house, views of the expansive landscape with an occasional sight of the labourers ; The occasional glimpse of the labourer at work
Agricultural changes: effects on images of rural activities
Labourers of the field. The harvest and haymaking ; The ideologies of haymaking in the 18 century
Summertime and the harvest. Investigation into Stubbs's harvest paintings ; The poets and the labourers
Enclosure, the labourer and leisure. Enclosure of the land and its effects on the life of the labourer ; New strategies in the depiction of the agricultural labourer
Enclosure and the aftermath
The lot of the poor. How the poor were regarded by society ; Assistance, of a sort, for the poor
The protesting voice. The actions of the agricultural labourers and their punishment ; More riots and beyond
Work-desperation-transportation. Turnips and captain swing ; The tolpuddle martyrs, the great exhibition and emigration
The slums of London-hope: the city experience
Conclusion: the final analysis
Bibliography
Index.

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