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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-henry-boughton-44" aria-label="More by George Henry Boughton" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Henry Boughton</a>
Weeding Pavement
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture and fishing
architecture
boat, barge
boat, rowing
broom
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
clothing and personal items
countries and continents
dock
domestic
domestic
dress: nations/regions
estuary
gardening
group
groups
hat, cap
Hoorn
kneeling
man
Netherlands
Netherlands
objects
people
places
society
sweeping
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
woman
work and occupations
<p>Brought up in America, Boughton settled in London in 1861 after studying in Paris. Like many of his contemporaries he found Holland a rich source of subject matter. In 1886 he published 'Rambles in Holland' with illustrations by himself and E A Abbey. This picture shows the town of Hoorn on the Zuyder See. The harbour had silted up and so the quay was little used. The harbour master has enlisted some young women to weed the pavement so that it looks tidy. The 1897 guide to the Tate Gallery described this work as 'delightful in its cool colour, its quaint costumes, its sympathetic appreciation of Dutch types, and its little bit of background, with the quaint gabled houses and the clustered willows'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, June 1997</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 September 2009 – 31 January 2011
2011-01-31
30 September 2009 – 10 January 2010
2010-01-10
2009-09-30
Telfair Museum of Art (Savannah, USA)
5 February 2010 – 2 August 2010
2010-08-02
2010-02-05
Taft Museum of Art (Cincinnati, USA)
http://www.taftmuseum.org
23 May 2010 – 15 August 2010
2010-08-15
2010-05-23
Grand Rapids Art Museum (Grand Rapids, USA)
15 September 2010 – 16 January 2011
2011-01-16
2010-09-15
Singer Museum (Laren, Netherlands)
2009-09-01
Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland 1880-1914
Loan-out
Weeding the Pavement
frame: 1345 × 1955 × 135 mm
support: 915 × 1525 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
<p>Brought up in America, Boughton settled in London  in 1861 after studying in Paris. Like many of his  contemporaries he found Holland a rich source of  subject matter. In 1886 he published 'Rambles in  Holland' with illustrations by himself and E A  Abbey. This picture shows the town of Hoorn on the  Zuyder See. The harbour had silted up and so the  quay was little used. The harbour master has  enlisted some young women to weed the pavement so  that it looks tidy. The 1897 guide to the Tate  Gallery described this work as 'delightful in its  cool colour, its quaint costumes, its sympathetic  appreciation of Dutch types, and its little bit of  background, with the quaint gabled houses and the  clustered willows'.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults agriculture and fishing architecture boat, barge boat, rowing broom cities, towns, villages (non-UK) clothing and personal items countries and continents dock domestic domestic dress: nations/regions estuary gardening group groups hat, cap Hoorn kneeling man Netherlands Netherlands objects people places society sweeping townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland woman work and occupations