Rural scene, farm and farm workers, Italy. In the foreground are ten figures including a man seated in the shade, a mother and child, a man and woman seated on steps, two men by an arched opening, a man whipping a donkey and two kneeling women threshing? onto a sheet laid out on the ground. Behind is a four storey cottage of stone construction faced with plaster and with a tiled roof. On the upper levels are simple wooden balconies. To the left is a shuttered window. Sky left unworked. Engraved in fine detail with dense hatching and cross hatching in drypoint to create rich tones. Paper has the watermark 'DAVID STRANG'
