igure. The foreground of the painting is littered with tools, empty cauldrons, a hoe with its head buried in the ground. The ribs of the boat itself are clearly visible and greatly detailed. In the background, another boat floats by on the placid river, under an overcast sky. The people in the painting are working-class laborers, engaged in the day's tasks.
             Given these characteristics, Boat-building near Flatford Mill is a good example of paintings from the romantic period. First, the subject matter is accessible and would have been familiar to most viewers of the early eighteenth century. Instead of posed battl
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