1873
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Last Days of Harvest is a 1873 ink by American 19th Century, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white scene shows farmworkers at the end of harvest. A woman sits in the foreground, shelling corn by hand, surrounded by scattered ears. Behind her, another woman bends over plants, while a man stands on a wagon, holding a bundle. Tall cornstalks fill the background, and a horse rests under a tree. The artist used fine lines and shading to show texture, like the rough fabric of the workers’ clothes. This style was common in wood engravings of the time. Next, look up engraving to see how artists carved images into wood.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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