The Hop Pickers / Les Ceullieurs d’Houblon
Francois Vivares (1709 - 1780)
George, (of Chichester) Smith (1713/14 - 1776)
Engraving
4 August 1760
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About the work
- Location
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Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
George Smith of Chichester, a prolific painter of landscapes, was born in Chichester to a man who combined the trades of baker and cooper with the calling of a Baptist minister. His brothers, William and John, were also landscape painters; George often collaborated on works with his brother John. George Smith exhibited at the Society of Arts in London during the 1760s and early 1770s (he won prizes there in 1760, 1761 and 1763) and at the Royal Academy. His paintings were popular and many of them found a wider audience through the medium of engraving. Before he specialised in landscape painting, Smith painted still lifes; and in addition to practising as an artist, he was also a poet and a musician.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- farmer/farm labourer, landscape C18th, genre, hop, tree, cow, dog, sheep, elderly woman, boy, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, breeches, basket, fence, cottage, window, chimney, thatched roof
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving
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Details
- Title
- The Hop Pickers / Les Ceullieurs d’Houblon
- Date
- 4 August 1760
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- height: 39.4 cm, width: 48.4 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Colnaghi, October 1953
- GAC number
- 2326