The drone: a study

With Pre-Raphaelite intensity, Hacker has painted the present lot on a white ground, and built up glazes of colour, in order to give the work a rich luminosity and glow. The title refers to the low buzz emitted by bees and insects, synonymous to a summer's day in the English countryside.
The present lot was a study for The drone, London, Royal Academy, 1899, no. 33.