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Description: | Turnips were fed to sheep as winter fodder. The woman and girl are working at dawn or dusk, about to operate the awkward-looking turnip cutting machine. The harshness of the subject matter is softened by the stippled finish and the glowing colours of the picture. This is one of many pictures painted by Arthur Hardwick Marsh illustrating the lives of poor rural workers. Marsh began visiting Cullercoats on the North Tyneside coast in 1869, and settled permanently in Northumberland in 1884. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1907 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Arthur Hardwick Marsh | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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