1805
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Stacking Hay, near Lincoln is a 1805 watercolor by Peter De Wint, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet countryside scene. A horse pulls a cart loaded with hay near a grassy hill. A few people are scattered around—some standing on rocks, others near a small stone hut. The colors are soft and muted, with light greens and browns dominating the landscape. The brushstrokes are loose and quick, giving the scene a sketchy, almost unfinished feel. This style was common for artists who worked outdoors, capturing moments as they saw them. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by de Wint from 1805 shows hay being stacked in a field near Lincoln.
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Peter De Wint was a prolific English painter, mostly in landscape painting in oils and watercolour. A number of his pictures are in Tate Britain, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Collection, Lincoln. He died in London.
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