Oil paint on canvas
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Emigrants
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
Ballinasloe
basket
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
clothing and personal items
contemplation
countries and continents
displacement
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
group
groups
history
Ireland
legs crossed
man
migration
objects
people
places
politics and society
public and municipal
railway station
sadness
sitting
social comment
society
society: emigration, 19th c.
standing
suitcase
train
transport: land
vessels and containers
woman
<p>This picture shows Irish emigrants at Ballinasloe station on their way to Galway to board boats to America. This is one of a number of paintings on the very topical subject of emigration which appeared at public exhibitions around this time. They were intended to draw attention to the plight of the poor, and also to provoke a charitable response in the spectator.Erskine Nicol was born in Scotland but established his reputation painting Irish subjects.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 August 2005 – 2 March 2008
2008-03-02
1 August 2007
2007-08-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-01
Victorian Paintings of Modern Life
Collection based display
17 June 2022 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
17 June 2022 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
2022-06-17
Musée de l’Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2022-06-17
TRAIN. ZUG. TRENO. TREN. At the intersection of painting, photography and design
Loan-out
The Emigrants
support: 457 × 349 mm
frame: 714 × 650 × 115 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
<p>This picture shows Irish emigrants at Ballinasloe station on their way to Galway to board boats to America. This is one of a number of paintings on the very topical subject of emigration which appeared at public exhibitions around this time. They were intended to draw attention to the plight of the poor, and also to provoke a charitable response in the spectator.Erskine Nicol was born in Scotland but established his reputation painting Irish subjects.</p>

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actions: postures and motions adults architecture Ballinasloe basket cities, towns, villages (non-UK) clothing and personal items contemplation countries and continents displacement emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas group groups history Ireland legs crossed man migration objects people places politics and society public and municipal railway station sadness sitting social comment society society: emigration, 19th c. standing suitcase train transport: land vessels and containers woman