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Reapers,

Richard Westall (Artist), Robert Mitchell Meadows (Engraver), Richard Westall (Publisher)

Print of an aquatint engraving entitled ‘Reapers’. By Richard Westall (1765–1836) in 1797 and engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows.
This is an unmounted print of an aquatint engraving entitled ‘Reapers’ and shows a harvest scene. The foreground shows several figures – a young man holding a scythe talking to a woman sitting under a tree with a baby on her lap and a little girl at her knee; another young man holding a sheaf of wheat talking to a young woman who ties the sheaf. In the background, there are several reapers at work in the fields, watched by a man on horseback. The picture was painted by Richard Westall (1765–1836) in 1797 and engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows. It was published by Westall in 1805. An inscription on the picture dedicates it to the Right Honourable Jane Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford.

Aquatint Print: paper

The British Museum holds a copy of this print, 2006,U.778., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 25.2.85 // Description: ‘REAPERS’: Engraving – Aquatint // Drawn and painted by Richard Westall // Engraved by R. M. Meadows // Published by R. Westall, London 1805 // Painted in 1797 // Dimensions: Unmounted – mount with the picture in box 76.0cm wide x 62.0cm high // Associated information: Inscription on picture: // “To the Rt. Hon. Jane Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford this plate was inscribed by her Ladyships most obliged and most obedient Servant Richard Westall” // References:'

, Charlotte Street [Camden]

1805 - 1805

Print, Engraving

Redman, Henry Victor (Harry) (Agent)
Jane Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford