Eight scenes of peasant life: Two milkmaids carrying pails, a third girl with two bundles to the right; A peasant family planting seed potatoes; Two ploughmen asleep on a bank, two girls by a horse and plough beyond; A horseman leading a white mare to water; A peasant harnessing a mule while a woman mounted side-saddle looks on, a viaduct beyond; A market scene with women driving pigs from sacks of vegetables; Six children eating from a dish on a table, a woman holding a girl's hand to the left; and A street scene with a man selling roast chestnuts from a brazier
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Eight scenes of peasant life: Two milkmaids carrying pails, a third girl with two bundles to the right; A peasant family planting seed potatoes; Two ploughmen asleep on a bank, two girls by a horse and plough beyond; A horseman leading a white mare to water; A peasant harnessing a mule while a woman mounted side-saddle looks on, a viaduct beyond; A market scene with women driving pigs from sacks of vegetables; Six children eating from a dish on a table, a woman holding a girl's hand to the left; and A street scene with a man selling roast chestnuts from a brazier
dated '1807 der 6 ocb.' (2) and '1809 der 29 ocb jetz' (7)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolor, heightened with white (1, 4, 5 and 8), watermark PRO PATRIA (2, 3, 4, 5 and 8) and encircled wreathed G R with crown (7), on milled paper (1), in contemporary mounts
each approximately 8¼ x 13 in. (208 x 330 mm.) (8)
dated '1807 der 6 ocb.' (2) and '1809 der 29 ocb jetz' (7)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolor, heightened with white (1, 4, 5 and 8), watermark PRO PATRIA (2, 3, 4, 5 and 8) and encircled wreathed G R with crown (7), on milled paper (1), in contemporary mounts
each approximately 8¼ x 13 in. (208 x 330 mm.) (8)