The Ploughman

1886

Peter Moran

Associated Names
Peter Moran

Artist, American, 1841 - 1914

Christian Klackner

Publisher, American, 1850 - 1916

The image shows a pastoral scene with a farmer and his plow team. The horizon is low in the image with a sky filled with clouds. Trees are seen on the horizon, and there are chickens in the foreground near straw stumps. The farmer, wearing period clothing, is guiding the plow drawn by two horses. The artwork features detailed brushwork capturing textures of the field and horses. The color palette is monochrome, focusing on shading for visual depth and realism.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.97 × 48.58 cm (13 3/8 × 19 1/8 in.)
    plate: 43.18 × 55.25 cm (17 × 21 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 64.1 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.47.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wright 2010, no. 90

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1986-1987.

Bibliography

2010

  • Wright, David Gilmore. Domestic and Wild: Peter Moran's Images of America, vol. 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Creo Press, 2010, pp.416-417, no. 90.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Copyright 1886. by C. Klackner. 17 E. 17th St. N.Y.; lower center in plate: P. Moran; lower right in graphite: P Moran; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Ploughing

Wikidata ID

Q74073822

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