{"title":"Weedon, Augustus Walford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugustus Walford Weedon (1838–1908)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English painter known for landscapes, rural scenes and views of Britain and continental Europe. Born in London, he worked in both oils and watercolour, painting subjects that reflected the Victorian interest in landscape and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeedon's pictures include English pastoral settings, fishing communities and scenes in the Netherlands. His use of light and careful attention to buildings, figures and working life place him within the nineteenth-century tradition of topographical and genre painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ca href=\"\/products\/weedon-augustus-walford-1838-1908-harvesters-at-lunch\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarvesters at Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, the focus is on agricultural workers taking a break from their labour, a subject that combines landscape with an observation of rural customs. Weedon's other known works include \u003cem\u003eOff to the Fishing Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e (1895), a maritime scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe spent time painting in the Netherlands and was associated with subjects around Haarlem and Dordrecht. Weedon died in Hampstead, London, in 1908. His paintings preserve a record of countryside and coastal activities at a time when agriculture and transport were changing rapidly.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"weedon-augustus-walford-1838-1908-harvesters-at-lunch","title":"Weedon, Augustus Walford (1838-1908) - Harvesters at Lunch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarvesters at Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e is a rural scene by English artist Augustus Walford Weedon (1838–1908). Its subject, agricultural workers taking a break from the harvest, belongs to the late Victorian tradition of depicting everyday life in the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download includes 1 JPEG image at 600 dpi, measuring 5190 pixels wide by 3342 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/weedon-augustus-walford\"\u003eAugustus Walford Weedon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64398579532106,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Weedon_AugustusWalford_1838-1908_-HarvestersatLunch_main.jpg?v=1794650698"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Weedon_Augustus_Walford_1838-1908.jpg?v=1794650822","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/weedon-augustus-walford.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}