Dinnertime

c. 1890

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

Associated Names
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

Artist, British, 1853 - 1941

The image shows two men working with a pair of horses in a plowed field. In the background, there are hills with trees under a softly textured sky. The photo is sepia-toned, giving it an antique feel. The composition leads the eye from the men and horses to the distant hills and trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carbon print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.4 x 29.7 cm (9 5/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.2 x 31.3 cm (10 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.11.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Malvern, PA, by 1999); NGA purchase, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Hiley, Michael. Frank Sutcliffe: Photographer of Whitby. Boston, 1974: p. 216, pl. 54.

Inscriptions

lower right in negative: 347; center verso in graphite: With best wishes / Christmastide/ed / Frank Sutcliffe / Whitby; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Sutcliffe

Wikidata ID

Q64147667

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