Labourers Resting
George Morland (London 1763 – London 1804)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1783 - 1804
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 585 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290402
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Labourers Resting by George Morland (London 1763 – London 1804). Under a large tree in the centre a labourer stands, leaning on a stile, looking down to another labourer, seated on a stone with his back to the viewer. One wears a green jacket the other a red. A rake leans against a stile on the left.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
George Morland (London 1763 – London 1804), artist