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Two workers in a field playing music while another removes a yoke from a pair of oxen

In the foreground at right, two figures in a field are walking forward, facing us and holding musical instruments while singing together. At center a man is removing a yoke from a pair of oxen that stand side by side in profile. Behind the man is a plow that has just been unhitched, curving sharply into the lower left corner. In the background is a line of dark hills, behind which the sun is setting in a dimming sky. The image is contained in a long horizontal rectangle beneath which the numbers “7,8,9” are printed.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.176
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
With Songs the Jovial Hinds Return from Plow
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Pastorals of Virgil
Alternate Title: Boy Returning Joyfully with Plough and Oxen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1821
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359162

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
plate: 3.4 × 7.7 cm (1 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
sheet: 4 × 10.1 cm (1 9/16 × 4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed below image: 7, 8, 9
  • collector's mark: verso: stamp with 88 inscribed within in graphite [Marjorie Cohn's mark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Robin Garton, Devizes, Wiltshire] sold; to Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn, Arlington, MA, 1988, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bindman 617; Easson & Essick X(16)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn in honor of Miriam Stewart
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.176
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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