Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-hubert-von-herkomer-571" aria-label="More by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Hubert Von Herkomer</a>
Found
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1885
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
anxiety
classical
diseases and conditions
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
goat
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, goatherd
history
landscape
man
military
mist
mountain
people
places
rocky
Roman invasion / occupation of Britain
soldier
UK countries and regions
Wales
weather
woman
work and occupations
wounded
<p>To ensure the total accuracy of his landscapes Von Herkomer painted them wholly on site from the comfort of a moveable studio hut. 'Found' took him about ten weeks to finish, and shows a spot between Portmadoc and Beddgelert in North Wales. He and his family camped out there for the whole period. Into this landscape Von Herkomer introduced an imaginary historical incident. A wounded Roman soldier is found by a Welsh woman who hesitates between compassion and distrust for an occupier of her country. The ravens are another fanciful addition; Von Herkomer admitted that he placed stuffed birds on the rocks so that he could paint them.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Found
support: 1372 × 2305 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1885
<p>To ensure the total accuracy of his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> Von Herkomer painted them wholly on site from the comfort of a moveable studio hut. 'Found' took him about ten weeks to finish, and shows a spot between Portmadoc and Beddgelert in North Wales. He and his family camped out there for the whole period. Into this landscape Von Herkomer introduced an imaginary historical incident. A wounded Roman soldier is found by a Welsh woman who hesitates between compassion and distrust for an occupier of her country. The ravens are another fanciful addition; Von Herkomer admitted that he placed stuffed birds on the rocks so that he could paint them.</p>
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals anxiety classical diseases and conditions emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas goat herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, goatherd history landscape man military mist mountain people places rocky Roman invasion / occupation of Britain soldier UK countries and regions Wales weather woman work and occupations wounded