Clausen’s large painting, Labourers after Dinner (1884; private collection), was the first sign that he was turning away from the sentimental peasant pictures popularised in England and France by Jules Bastien-Lepage, towards more naturalistic and brutal genre subjects. This is a study of the head of the boy at the centre of Labourers after Dinner.

Provenance: Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the Estate of Dr Catherine Wills and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, 2024.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802 – 1873)
Date: 1829

Image Details
Date: 27 March 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of an Ashmolean Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.