A Son of the Soil
James Collinson
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25 cm
- Vendor
- Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries
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.
Provenance
Private collection, USA; private collection, New England, USA until 2002.