Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-collins-105" aria-label="More by William Collins" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Collins</a>
Sunday Morning
Bequeathed by Charles Gassiot 1902
actions: postures and motions
adults
agricultural
animals: mammals
architecture
barn
boy
chair
children
Christianity
clothing and personal items
cottage
family
family
features
furnishings
gate
girl
hat
horse
kneeling
landscape
man
objects
path
people
religion and belief
religions
residential
riding
society
spire
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
woman
woman, old
wooded
<p>Collins achieved great success in his own lifetime for his rural and childhood genre subjects with their vision of pastoral contentment. The family here are preparing to go to church, the spire of which peeps through the trees in the distance. The grey pony waits patiently to take the elderly grandmother down the lane.The traditional occupation of country folk on a Sunday was a theme attempted by several artists before Collins, including David Wilkie. However, Collins is notable for his emphasis on the steadfast uprightness and piety of English rural society; the engraving after the painting, published in 1837, was dedicated 'to all Christians'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Sunday Morning
support: 813 × 1067 mm
Bequeathed by Charles Gassiot 1902
<p>Collins achieved great success in his own lifetime  for his rural and childhood <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a> subjects with  their vision of pastoral contentment. The family  here are preparing to go to church, the spire of  which peeps through the trees in the distance. The  grey pony waits patiently to take the elderly  grandmother down the lane.<br/>The traditional occupation of country folk on a  Sunday was a theme attempted by several artists  before Collins, including David Wilkie. However,  Collins is notable for his emphasis on the  steadfast uprightness and piety of English rural  society; the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> after the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>,  published in 1837, was dedicated 'to all  Christians'.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults agricultural animals: mammals architecture barn boy chair children Christianity clothing and personal items cottage family family features furnishings gate girl hat horse kneeling landscape man objects path people religion and belief religions residential riding society spire townscapes / man-made features transport: land woman woman, old wooded