Peasant Figures

By Miner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814–1889) This watercolor sketch depicts rural figures in a village setting: an older woman in traditional dress stands by a wooden cross, while nearby a seated child and a running youth engage in play. Kellogg, a New York-born artist, rendered the scene with loose brushwork and careful attention to fabric texture and posture. The composition captures a moment of everyday rural life with observed gesture and movement. Kellogg worked across multiple media—painting, drawing, and printmaking—and was known for figure studies and genre scenes that documented 19th-century life beyond the urban centers that dominated academic art.