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Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)
186319th century
142 x 106 mm (5.6 x 4.2 in.)
Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875)
- agriculture - Science or art of cultivating the soil, harvesting crops, and raising livestock. W [April 1996 descriptor moved. November 1995 related term added. July 1993 descriptor moved. February 1991 alternate term added.]
- France - TGN 1000070
- genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
- labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
- peasants - Use for free people who support themselves by tilling the soil, either as small landholders or hired laborers. For the social class comprised of these people, use "peasantry." For those in a condition of servitude under feudalism, owing services to a lord and commonly attached to the lord's land, use "serfs." [December 1992 descriptor added.]
- print states
- image Dimensions: 142 x 106 mm (5.6 x 4.2 in.)
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Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875) . Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail), 1863. Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. First of two states, before background was cut away. image : 142 x 106 mm (5.6 x 4.2 in.). Sheet : 333 x 222 mm (13.1 x 8.7 in.). DAC accession number 1937.D1.138. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .
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