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The Labourer Drops the Scythe

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Original illustration - pencil and watercolor on paper - of two workers resting under a tree, apparently on a residential estate. The illustration (4 3/4" x 5", no signature, no date)is mounted on a tan page removed from the Album. Below the illustration is a handwritten quotation, "The Labourer drops the scythe and desists from his work-", likely transcribed by Parkes. The quotation was taken from "Meditations and Contemplations..." by the Rev. James Hervey.

Dates: Title page dated 1826; Content primarily from 1824-1827