A Son of the Soil

James Collinson (1825 - 1881)

Manchester Art Gallery

1856

The work addresses two burning issues of the day: the Crimean war and the plight of agricultural workers. Collinson portrays a labourer sitting in a pub, tankard in hand, contemplating joining the 'Army Works Corps'. The corps was formed in 1854 to encourage rural workers and navvies to volunteer as civilians in the Crimean war.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 30.5 x 25cm
• Art Fund Grant: £20000 ( Total: £45,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries

Provenance

Private collection, USA; private collection, New England, USA until 2002.

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