Gleaners

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Hugh Cameron
Born Edinburgh, 1835-1918

Gleaners, 1881

Oil on canvas
Original Orchar Collection
Museum Number 272-1987-36

Victorian city-dwellers loved this sort of painting, inspired by the perceived nobility of working on the land.

'Gleaning' means gathering the leftovers after the harvest. Those that worked the land were seen to have a right to take what was left in the fields.