A Son of the Soil

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A workman is seated, perhaps in a tavern, with his left hand resting on a spade with the letter 'R' punched out on the handle. His right hand rests on a table in front of him, with his fore-finger extended indicating two coins. There is also an engraved metal tankard on the table. He is dressed in workman's clothes, a blue wool cap, and a moleskin (?) jacket with a bright red patterned waiscoat underneath. He wears a bandana around his neck and a a smock slung across his right shoulder. Behind him is a notice advertising for labourers to join the Army Works Corps in the Crimea. Light shines upon his face from the top-right of the painting.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

A Son of the Soil

Date

1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 30.5 x W 25 cm

Accession number

2003.31

Acquisition method

purchased from Renate Nahum, Leicester Galleries, 2003

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

s(blc): J Collinson 1856

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