19th century AD. An oil-on-canvas painting depicting a rural landscape; three harnessed working horses in the foreground, cooling off in a shallow stream; the farmer in the background taking away farming equipment to one of the three farm buildings visible; three Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs to the left and two cows further away on the field; signed 'M.G. Meadows' to the lower left corner; an old gallery sticker to the reverse. 1 kg, 76.5 x 51cm (30 1/4 x 20"). Ex liquidated online gallery stock. The painting could be by William George Meadows (c.1825-1901), an English painter who specialised in tranquil paintings of the English countryside and Venice. [No Reserve]