Oil paint on mahogany
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Robert Vernon
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-frederick-witherington-608" aria-label="More by William Frederick Witherington" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Frederick Witherington</a>
Hop Garland
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
agriculture and fishing
apron
basket
boy
children
clothing and personal items
garland
girl
harvesting
hop
objects
people
plants and flowers
vessels and containers
work and occupations
<p>During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the hop gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey provided artists with a rich source of subject matter. The picking season, when many families migrated from London for paid employment and fresh air, was a modest English equivalent of the more exotic French and Italian grape harvest or vintage. Witherington was a popular painter of scenes from rural life. He painted several works inspired by the picturesque sights of hop-pickers at work and at play. Here he shows young workers at rest while they garland a younger companion with the yellow hop flowers. A writer in the 'Art Journal' thought this was Witherington's best picture.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint mahogany
The Hop Garland
support: 445 × 356 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>During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the hop gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey provided artists with a rich source of subject matter. The picking season, when many families migrated from London for paid employment and fresh air, was a modest English equivalent of the more exotic French and Italian grape harvest or vintage. Witherington was a popular painter of scenes from rural life. He painted several works inspired by 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/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> sights of hop-pickers at work and at play. Here he shows young workers at rest while they garland a younger companion with the yellow hop flowers. A writer in the 'Art Journal' thought this was Witherington's best picture.</p>
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agriculture and fishing apron basket boy children clothing and personal items garland girl harvesting hop objects people plants and flowers vessels and containers work and occupations