From the archive of my grandmother. Pre-revolutionary postcard.

Of course, again, pre-revolutionary postcard from the archive of my grandmother.

I want to submit a picture
English artist George Мorland (1763-1804гг.)
"The charity of the landowner" or its other name," At the door of the landowner".

In the manner of George moorland,
in every picture of a orange or red spot.
Since pictures have soft muted palette
it makes the orange stain to highlight, to emphasize the center of the picture.
Moreland is one of the first artists of England, who painted scenes of peasant life.

The creativity of this artist a big influence was the old Dutch masters.
It is one of the best representatives of the English school of painting.
Morland for 20 years, has created about 4000 paintings.
And his paintings are large numbers of fakes — so how his works were appreciated.
Generally, in those days, got great popularity interior pictures,
who could afford the lower and middle classes, for example, bakers and grocers.
These paintings were written on pastoral topics and more than cheap paints,
was like put on stream.
But Morland was a very good artist and his paintings are represented in many museums around the world.
Reading about his work, I learned a very interesting thing.
It turns out that in 1753, the British passed a law
that the lovers have not reached 21 years had the right to marry without parental consent.
And in Scotland of such law was not. And there began to flourish" the marriage business".
The ritual of marriage was performed at the forge in the presence of two witnesses
and punch on the anvil was given legal force this marriage.
These weddings were for the Scots lucrative.
They even near the villages of exposed patrols,
that when approaching parents, put the newlyweds to bed,
and parents only had to recognize the marriage.
And only in 1940 and managed to pass a law and" weddings on the anvil" were considered invalid.