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Vintage in Claret Vineyards South France
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
actions: processes and functions
adults
agricultural
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
basket
boy
carrying / holding
cart
children
countries and continents
dog - non-specific
farm
food and drink
France, Bordeaux
fruit, grape
girl
group
groups
harvesting
man
objects
ox
people
places
road
seasons
society
summer
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tub
vessels and containers
vineyard
woman
work and occupations
<p>Uwins first recognized the pictorial possibilities of harvesting while on a visit to the hop-fields of Farnham, Surrey, in 1811. His ambition to paint an important vineyard subject probably dates from this period. In 1817, after the Napoleonic Wars, he travelled to Bordeaux intent on painting the grape harvest. Living with the Cabareuss family in the claret country of the upper Medoc, he found the countryside 'detestable; it is literally a sea of vines extending every way to the horizon'. 'The Vintage', for which some of his 1817 sketches were used, was the result of a second visit in 1846. Vernon acquired the picture after its exhibition in 1848.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
The Vintage in the Claret Vineyards of the South of France
support: 787 × 1549 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Uwins first recognized the pictorial possibilities of harvesting while on a visit to the hop-fields of Farnham, Surrey, in 1811. His ambition to paint an important vineyard subject probably dates from this period. In 1817, after the Napoleonic Wars, he travelled to Bordeaux intent on <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> the grape harvest. Living with the Cabareuss family in the claret country of the upper Medoc, he found the countryside 'detestable; it is literally a sea of vines extending every way to the horizon'. 'The Vintage', for which some of his 1817 sketches were used, was the result of a second visit in 1846. Vernon acquired the picture after its exhibition in 1848.</p>
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actions: processes and functions adults agricultural agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture basket boy carrying / holding cart children countries and continents dog - non-specific farm food and drink France, Bordeaux fruit, grape girl group groups harvesting man objects ox people places road seasons society summer townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: land tub vessels and containers vineyard woman work and occupations