Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-turner-of-oxford-559" aria-label="More by William Turner of Oxford" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Turner of Oxford</a>
Peasants outside an Inn
Bequeathed by Richard and Catherine Garnons 1854
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
dog - non-specific
farm labourer
group
groups
haystack
landscape
man
objects
people
places of entertainment
public house / bar
signage
townscapes / man-made features
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>For city-dwellers, the rhythms of rural life seemed to be idyllic. Paintings representing life in the country showed people at rest more often than working. Country inns, in particular, seemed to epitomise the relaxed approach to life and work which country people were meant to enjoy. They also served to stress the importance of a sense of community which many felt was being lost in the modern day.</p><p>William Turner was a landscape specialist based in Oxford. Compared to the work of John Constable or George Robert Lewis, his paintings seem very old-fashioned.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 October 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
22 October 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
2001-10-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-22
Landscape and Empire
Collection based display
Peasants outside an Inn
support: 508 × 610 mm
Bequeathed by Richard and Catherine Garnons 1854
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<span class="text14">For city-dwellers, the rhythms of rural life seemed to      be idyllic. <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>Paintings</span></a> </span><span class="text13">representing life in the      country showed people at rest more often than working</span><span class="text0">. Country inns, in particular, seemed to epitomise the relaxed      approach to life and work which country people were </span><span class="text14">meant to enjoy. They also served to stress the importance of a      sense of </span><span class="text13">community which many felt was being</span><span class="text0"> lost in the modern day. </span>
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<span class="text0">William Turner was a <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>landscape</span></a> specialist based in      Oxford. Compared to the work of John Constable or George Robert Lewis, his      paintings seem very old-fashioned. </span>
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adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals architecture dog - non-specific farm labourer group groups haystack landscape man objects people places of entertainment public house / bar signage townscapes / man-made features woman wooded work and occupations