Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Title:
A Finished Study for 'Reaping'
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 13 inches (21 x 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "J Linnell / 58"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.425
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
clouds | animal | dog (animal) | work | labor | hay | harvest | landscape | reapers | study (visual work) | men | woman | farming | agriculture | corn | cutting | gathering | laborers | summer | fields | rural | farm | farmland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
A C R Carter, The Art Sales of 1891, Art Journal, Virtue & Co., 1891, P. 309, J10 +Ar74 LSF Also available online via HathiTrust

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 148-149, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Evan R. Firestone, John Linnell, English Artist: Works, Patrons, and Dealers [PhD Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin ], ProQuest, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1971, p. 125, Film B98 YCBA

Christiana Payne, Toil and plenty : images of the agricultural landscape in England, 1780-1890, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 115-16, No. 30, ND1354.4 P39 1993 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:909