Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frederick-cayley-robinson-1857" aria-label="More by Frederick Cayley Robinson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frederick Cayley Robinson</a>
Pastoral
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1924
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
astronomy
children
emotions, concepts and ideas
evening
girl
group
groups
heating and lighting
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
hill
idyll
landscape
lantern
man
moon
objects
people
river
rocky
sheep
times of the day
tree
universal concepts
water: inland
woman
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
14 July 2010 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
14 July 2010 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
2010-07-14
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2010-07-14
Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy
Loan-out
15 October 2011 – 28 January 2012
2012-01-28
15 October 2011 – 28 January 2012
2012-01-28
2011-10-15
National Railway Museum (York, UK)
2011-10-15
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company's Academy Poster Campaign
Loan-out
11 June 2018 – 19 August 2018
2018-08-19
11 June 2018 – 19 August 2018
2018-08-19
2018-06-11
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
2018-06-11
The Great Spectacle
Loan-out
18 October 2019 – 27 September 2020
2020-09-27
18 October 2019 – 1 February 2020
2020-02-01
2019-10-18
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2019-10-18
Beyond Brotherhood: The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy
Loan-out
31 October 2022
31 October 2022
2022-10-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-10-31
Gallery 3
Collection based display
Pastoral
support: 903 × 1164 mm
frame: 1300 × 1575 × 105 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1924
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<p>Frederick Cayley Robinson presents a nostalgic version image of the countryside. A family in traditional clothing shepherd their flock of sheep to water. The landscape is free of the modern trappings of industry, with only a windmill on the horizon. The child clutches Christian and Celtic symbols of rebirth – a lamb and a silver birch – suggesting a new dawn incoming. Painted in the traumatic aftermath of the First World War, this scene speaks to the need for an escape from reality, as well as the potential for a utopian agricultural society started anew.</p>
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Online caption
2023-12-04T00:00:00
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ONLINE_CAPTION
<p><b>N03954</b> PASTORAL 1923–4</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Cayley Robinson’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 35 1/2×46 (90×117).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1924.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1924 (111); R.A., <i>Late Members</i>, winter 1928 (602).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1924, p.74.</p>
<p>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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> entitled ‘Pastoral’ and dated 1923 was lent to the R.A. Winter Exhibition, 1928 (136), by Philip Cohen. This was probably the one first exhibited at the R.W.S., summer 1923 (20), and reproduced in <i>The Old Water-Colour Society's Club</i>, 1, 1923–4, pl.22. It resembles <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/robinson-pastoral-n03954" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03954</span></a> in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> but is in reverse.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-05T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals astronomy children emotions, concepts and ideas evening girl group groups heating and lighting herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess hill idyll landscape lantern man moon objects people river rocky sheep times of the day tree universal concepts water: inland woman work and occupations