The artwork, titled “Peat Gatherers,” was created by David Cox in 1853. It belongs to the Romanticism art movement and falls under the landscape genre.
The artwork portrays a rugged natural scene where two figures, likely gathering peat, appear to be traversing a rocky terrain under a vast sky. The atmosphere is infused with a sense of solitude and the arduous nature of the landscape, depicted through Cox’s masterful use of watercolors. The melding of earthy hues and the distant, darkened sky creates a dramatic composition that captures the essence of the Romantic era’s fascination with nature’s sublime and often melancholic beauty. The figures seem small against the expansive backdrop, emphasizing the grandeur and untamed character of the natural world.
