- Artist
- James Clarke Hook 1819–1907
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 889 × 1397 mm
frame: 1229 × 1741 × 162 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
- Reference
- N01512
Display caption
Painted on site at Findochtie in Scotland, this painting takes up a frequent theme in Hook’s work of the involvement of wife and children in a man’s work. Hook’s rich colouring, learned in Venice – for instance in the vivid evening light reflected on the water – contributed to his fame.
Gallery label, May 2007
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