Sir George Clausen RA, Study of a mower, probably mid 1880s-early 1890s.
Chalk on laid paper. 474 mm x 304 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Sir George Clausen RA, Study of a mower, probably mid 1880s-early 1890s.
Chalk on laid paper. 474 mm x 304 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
This image is not available to download. To licence this image for commercial purposes, contact our Picture Library at picturelibrary@royalacademy.org.uk
Study of a mower, probably mid 1880s-early 1890s
Sir George Clausen RA (1852 - 1944)
RA Collection: Art
A full-length study of a man wearing a hat and gaiters bending forwards with his hands in a position that suggests he is holding a scythe. The pole handle of the scythe is lightly sketched in.
This is probably a working drawing from around the time that Clausen was preparing his major canvas The Mowers (1891; Usher Gallery, Lincoln). However, the gaiters worn by the figure may indicate that it relates to an earlier watercolour painting of mowers which dates from 1885.
There is a drawing of a pair of legs on the verso of the sheet which probably relate to a life drawing.
Object details
474 mm x 304 mm
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