Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Henry Tate Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-linnell-351" aria-label="More by John Linnell" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Linnell</a>
Reapers Noonday Rest
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
dog - non-specific
field
harvesting
landscape
man
midday
objects
people
sheaf
sitting
sleeping
times of the day
valley
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Linnell claimed that this work was ‘truer to Nature than most pictures’. However, he had been a friend of the visionary artists William Blake and Samuel Palmer, and there may be a more visionary quality to this scene. The theme of rural labourers at rest was familiar, but the glowing light and curious rhythms combine to create a quite original sense of monumentality.</p><p>Linnell’s poetic visions of the countryside, far detached from the sometimes harsh realities of rural life, were much sought-after by collectors. This painting is a replica, by the artist, of a work he had sold in 1862.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 April 2003 – 12 July 2004
2004-07-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-04-01
Images of Rural Life
Collection based display
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
28 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
28 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-28
Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight, UK)
2007-09-28
Reciprocal loan "Millais"
Loan-out
1 October 2007 – 31 May 2008
2008-05-31
1 October 2007 – 31 May 2008
2008-05-31
2007-10-01
Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight, UK)
2007-10-01
Reciprocal loan for Millais
Loan-out
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Reapers, Noonday Rest
support: 940 × 1397 mm
frame: 1180 × 1643 × 128 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
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<span class="text0">Linnell claimed that this work was ‘truer to      Nature than most pictures’. However, he had been a friend of the      visionary artists William Blake and Samuel Palmer, and there may be a more      visionary quality to this scene. The theme of rural labourers at rest was      familiar, but the glowing light and curious rhythms combine to create a      quite original sense of monumentality.  </span>
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<span class="text15">Linnell’s poetic visions of the countryside, far      detached from the sometimes harsh realities of rural life, were much      sought-</span><span class="text14">after by collectors. This <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> is a</span><span class="text0"> replica, by the artist, of a work he had </span><span class="text14">sold in 1862. </span><span class="text0">
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals dog - non-specific field harvesting landscape man midday objects people sheaf sitting sleeping times of the day valley wooded work and occupations