Les moulières, Villerville, France

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This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902. The subjects, mussel gatherers, are portrayed with great sympathy. The three young children, two adults who are presumably their parents and their two donkeys look exhausted after a hard day’s work on the sands, at a job which involves risking one’s life.

Villerville is in Normandy and mussels are, of course, a very popular local dish. When this was painted they would have been a staple food in the locality.

Victoria Art Gallery

Bath

Title

Les moulières, Villerville, France

Date

c.1901

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 42.8 x W 68.7 cm

Accession number

BATVG : P : 1930.14

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Edward Harris, 1930

Work type

Painting

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