This was one of three paintings exhibited by Mason at the Royal Academy in 1865. They were made at the end of a period of depression for the artist, during which he had made very little new artwork. The rural setting of the paintings marked a change in the artist’s style and the group was positively reviewed by art critics, helping re-establish Mason’s career. ‘The Times’ considered this painting ‘one of the most lovely pictures of its class in the exhibition’.

Mason continued to paint scenes that idealised the often mundane tasks and events of rural life until his death in 1872.

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This was one of three paintings exhibited by Mason at the Royal Academy in 1865. They were made at the end of a period of depression for the artist, during which he had made very little new artwork. The rural setting of the paintings marked a change in the artist’s style and the group was positively reviewed by art critics, helping re-establish Mason’s career. ‘The Times’ considered this painting ‘one of the most lovely pictures of its class in the exhibition’. Mason continued to paint scenes that idealised the often mundane tasks and events of rural life until his death in 1872.

The Gander

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