The atist is Walter T. Crane; the subject is supposed to be the meeting of Ruth and Boaz from the Book of Ruth, chapter 2, in the Old Testament. it looks to me like Crane never read the story. if he had, he would know that there was never any picnic. Boaz gave Ruth some bread when he saw her cleaning in the field after his workers. That’s it. And where the weird pseudo-19th century pseudo-German armor comes from is really beyond me. How many farmers do you know who wear armor in the hot sun at harvest time?
The atist is Walter T. Crane; the subject is supposed to be the meeting of Ruth and Boaz from the Book of Ruth, chapter 2, in the Old Testament. it looks to me like Crane never read the story. if he had, he would know that there was never any picnic. Boaz gave Ruth some bread when he saw her cleaning in the field after his workers. That’s it. And where the weird pseudo-19th century pseudo-German armor comes from is really beyond me. How many farmers do you know who wear armor in the hot sun at harvest time?