© Manchester Art Gallery
A Son of the Soil
Artist: James Collinson (1825 - 1881)
Location: Manchester Art Gallery
Date: 1856
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30.5 x 25cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £45,000)
Vendor: Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries
Review number: 5266 (2003)
Provenance:
Private collection, USA; private collection, New England, USA until 2002.
Description:
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.
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