Men working on the Lincolnshire heathland

细节

Peter De Wint, O.W.S. (1784-1849)
Men working on the Lincolnshire heathland
pencil and watercolour
9 x 13¼ in. (23.9 x 33.7 cm.)

来源

with J. Palser & Sons, London.

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拍品专文

In the foreground men are digging sand to spread, along with bones and ashes, on the clay soil of the heathland to improve the drainage and increase fertility, this improvement of the soil was part of the changes taking place during the Agricultural Revolution and 'Turnip Townshend's' system of crop rotation.

We are grateful to John Ellis for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.