Rustic Civility | Collins, William (RA) | V&A Search the Collections

Rustic Civility | Collins, William (RA) | V&A Search the Collections
Click on the link above and take a look at this English Victorian Painting

'Rustic Civility' by William Collins

Look up the two words in the title of the painting at: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/civility?q=civility

Then look at the picture carefully and try to answer the following questions:-

• What have the children been doing?
• What is the oldest boy doing?
• Who are they looking at? (The painting gives a clue to this)
• What do you think they might be feeling and thinking?
• Do you think the children are rich or poor? How can you tell?
• What does the title mean?
• What do you think the rider's view of the children might be?
• Would the people who owned or looked at the painting in Victorian times be of the same social class as the rider and view the children similarly?
• Do you view the children in a similar way?
• What is the message of this picture?

Questions taken from:-

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/a-teachers-resource-victorian-social-life-from-paintings/