A Miller Grinding Wheat
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Miller Grinding Wheat is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Romanticism work, depicting Jingdezhen Kiln, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In the painting, a man is shown grinding wheat with a large stone grinder. He wears a light blue robe and gray pants, and has a black cloth tied around his head. The grinder is placed on a wooden table, and the man is using a long stick to turn it. The scene is depicted in muted colors, with the man's clothing and the grinder being the main focus. The background is a plain white, which helps to highlight the details of the scene. The painting is a representation of a traditional Chinese scene, and it is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. You might want to explore more works by Puqua.
A rectangular watercolour painting from 1790 by Puqua depicts a miller in blue operating a cylindrical grinding machine with a long stick. Part of a set of 100 works illustrating various trades in Canton, the work was acquired from Parsons & Sons and entered the collection in 1898.
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