The Hoppers
John William Buxton Knight 1842 - 1908
Summary
View of men and women in smocks and aprons picking hops, working in a long line in front of makeshift wooden benches in a hop field trailing off to the right. Stacks of hops lined up in the background to right, wide open meadow in the background to left. Dramatic white clouded sky. This is an early work painted around his home area in Kent.
Object Name
The Hoppers
Creators Name
Date Created
1888
Dimensions
framed: 111.4cm x 186.5cm
unframed: 76.5cm x 152.4cm
accession number
1931.59
Place of creation
England
Support
canvas
Medium
oil paint
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