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Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail)
186319th century
102 x 84 mm (4 x 3.3 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.]
- hands - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm004865
- 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.]
- studies (visual works) - Use for works in any medium of the visual arts that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work; more finished than sketches. For representations or diagrams that clarify, usually accompanying a text, use "illustrations." [April 1993 scope note changed. May 1991 scope note changed; descriptor changed, was "studies"; alternate term changed, was 'study'. April 1991 descriptor moved.]
- image Dimensions: 102 x 84 mm (4 x 3.3 in.)
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Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875) . Peasant Digging (Bêcheur au travail), 1863. Woodcut with pencil study on wove paper. Undescribed state, between Melot’s first and second states. image : 102 x 84 mm (4 x 3.3 in.). Sheet : 194 x 158 mm (7.6 x 6.2 in.). DAC accession number 1937.D1.136.2. 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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