Object number
96/73
Title
Cutting and turning hay,
Creator
Description
Unsigned ink drawing by Thomas Hennell (1903–45) entitled 'Cutting and turning hay'. It dates from circa 1938–43.
An unsigned ink drawing by Thomas Hennell (1903–45) entitled 'Cutting and turning hay'. It shows a man cutting into a hay stack with a hay knife and another man trussing a previously cut block of hay for use as animal feed. It dates from circa 1938–43.
Physical description
1 drawing: black ink on paper; good condition- unframed and unmounted
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: Ink Drawing // Accession number: 96/73 // … // Recorder: RB // Date: 22–4–96 // Description: Inked drawing showing one man cutting into a hay stack with a hay knife and another trimming up a previously cut block of hay. // Drawn by Thomas Hennell (1903–45) c.1938–43. // Titled on the back by the artist ‘cutting and trimming hay.’ Unsigned // Dimensions: 59 cm x 31 cm // Associated information: Reproduced p.101 in Henry Warren, Miles from Anywhere (Eyre and Spottiswoode 1944) where it is entitled ‘cutting out the winter feed’. // References: MacLeod, M. Thomas Hennell, Cambridge University Press, 1988’
Production date
1938 - 1943
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