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Harvest Home Sunset Last Load
Presented by J.W. Carlile 1906
actions: expressive
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
cart
child
children
cloud
farm labourer
greeting
group
groups
harvesting
horse
landscape
man
people
society
sunset
times of the day
transport: land
valley
weather
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Linnell first met Blake in 1818 and discovered an immediate affinity with the artist. Both men considered that the natural world was a reflection of the spiritual world. They were also both proud of their working-class origins and not ready to conform to the niceties of polite society. As well as introducing potential patrons to Blake, Linnell commissioned the Job engravings and the Dante subjects, examples of which are exhibited nearby. In 1851 Linnell settled in Redhill, Surrey. The landscapes he painted in his later years, often in the vicinity of Redhill, are pastorals like 'Harvest Home', intended to evoke a golden, rural past. His contemporary reputation was based on pictures such as these, and also on his portraits.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
19 October 2007 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
19 October 2007
2007-10-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-10-19
Visionary Landscapes
Collection based display
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
2009-02-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-02-13
Visionary Landscapes
Collection based display
6 August 2010 – 24 August 2011
2011-08-24
6 August 2010 – 24 August 2011
2011-08-24
2010-08-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-08-06
Blake and the Gothic Imagination
Collection based display
26 March 2015 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
26 March 2015 – 21 June 2015
2015-06-21
2015-03-26
Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, Mexico)
18 July 2015 – 18 October 2015
2015-10-18
2015-07-18
Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, Brazil)
27 April 2018 – 5 August 2018
2018-08-05
2018-04-27
Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
4 September 2018 – 13 November 2018
2018-11-13
2018-09-04
National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China)
27 November 2019 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
2019-11-27
Hong Kong Museum of Art (Hong Kong, China)
2015-03-26
British Landscape
Tate partnerships & programmes
Harvest Home, Sunset: The Last Load
support: 883 × 1473 mm
frame: 1305 × 1872 × 165 mm
Presented by J.W. Carlile 1906
<p>Linnell first met Blake in 1818 and discovered an immediate affinity with the artist. Both men considered that the natural world was a reflection of the spiritual world. They were also both proud of their working-class origins and not ready to conform to the niceties of polite society. As well as introducing potential patrons to Blake, Linnell commissioned the Job <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>engravings</span></a> and the Dante subjects, examples of which are exhibited nearby. In 1851 Linnell settled in Redhill, Surrey. 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> he painted in his later years, often in the vicinity of Redhill, are pastorals like 'Harvest Home', intended to evoke a golden, rural past. His contemporary reputation was based on pictures such as these, and also on 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/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a>. </p>
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actions: expressive adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals cart child children cloud farm labourer greeting group groups harvesting horse landscape man people society sunset times of the day transport: land valley weather wooded work and occupations