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Harvest
40 x 60
Harvest (also known as Harvest Scene or The Harvest), created in 1916 by the British artist Joseph Walter West.
Artwork Details

Artist: Joseph Walter West (1860–1933).
Title: Harvest.
Medium: Color lithograph on cream wove paper, laid down on linen (other editions are also known).
Date: 1916.
Subject: The image depicts a romantic scene of the British countryside during harvest time, showing people and draft horses working in a field under a vast sky with a crescent moon.

Context
This artwork was published as a poster by the Underground Electric Railway Company during the First World War. The purpose of such posters was to act as propaganda, presenting images of British customs and traditions to boost public morale at home and abroad, intended to evoke "pleasant homely things".
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