Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849, British
Title:: Threshing Corn
Date:: ca. 1845-1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 5/8 inches (28.9 x 44.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed on back in graphite upper left: "Hay Threshing"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.1366
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: corn | grain | smoke | agriculture | industrialization | laborers | men | pollution | farm | genre subject | carts | wagons | steam engine | landscape | clouds
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Penelope McElwee, 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 ..., Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016, pp. 128-29, fig. 10-2, NX650.L32 M34 2016 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46447