2003.5047

iBase ID

616

Title

Sir George Clausen - "Stonepickers (Midday) " 1882.

Short Title

2003.5047

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Paintings

Accession Number

2003.5047

Description

Watercolour painting by Sir George Clausen. A full scale oil version of 'Stone Pickers' hangs in the Laing Art Galery, Newcastle. Anglo- Dutch artist moved from London to a house at Childwick Green, between St Albans and Harpenden. Stone picking was one of the possible jobs for a Victorian farm worker. Stones had to be picked from the fields before the land was ploughed as they dulled the cutting edge of a plough. They were placed in a bucket at the side of the road and used for road repairs.

Description (In House)

Watercolour painting of 'Stone Pickers (midday)' by George Clausen (1852-1944) 1882. Anglo- Dutch artist moved from London to a house at Childwick Green, between St Albans and Harpenden. In 1882 Clausen purchased a Marion Academy minature camera and took

Type of Original

watercolour

Original Photographer or Artist

Clausen, George

Date of Original

1882

Period of Original

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Neg No.

PH8801

High Resolution File Name

PH8801 Stone Pickers

High Resolution CD No

CD143

Raw File CD No

CD143

Scanned From

7)modern transparency

Neg Format

5X4 transparency

Scanned By

Kate Warren

Original Location

1) Photo Studio

1)© St Albans Museums

Available For

Council publicity
Museum publicity
Un-restricted use

Original File Details

Uploaded By

tasks-admin

Uploaded On

2016-02-29 18:02:03

File Name

1668_4.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

895.00 KB

Height (pixels)

3072 px

Width (pixels)

2014 px

Views

19577