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He shows people working in his father’s kitchen garden to the right, and there is a cowherd to the left.\r\n\r\nConstable had a life-long and rather nostalgic interest in agricultural work. He saw it as a 'natural' and satisfying employment. In fact, by the time that Constable was practising as an artist, traditional rural life had changed dramatically. Before the mid 18th century, land was usually farmed in strips that were owned by different individuals. With enclosure, these strips were reorganised into fields surrounded by hedges or fences. You can see this clearly in the background of the drawing. This was an expensive process. It meant that many poorer farmers were forced to sell their strips to wealthy landowners. Common land disappeared, so they could no longer graze their animals. 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His second child Maria Louisa (Minna) was born on 19 July.  He took a house at Hampstead for the first time at the end of the summer.  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