Description

A magazine artwork for The People’s Friend, by artist Gerard Fay.

Illustration for a short story by the writer Alyson Hilbourne.

Original Title: ‘The Harvest Favour’

Brief:

Plot: Set in 1830, John works the land, making sure the harvest is in for the winter. But sabotage is afoot, and his sweetheart is blamed…

Theme: A helping hand
Mood: Gentle attraction
Season: September

Characters description (inc. Ethnicity if relevant):

John: mid-20s, farm labourer’s clothes.
Flora: early 20s, blue eyes, freckles, practical clothes for collecting the harvest, straw bonnet.

Scene to illustrate:

We see Flora in the foreground of a wheat field, with John in the b/g. He could be holding a scythe, and we see sheaves of wheat bundled together. If there is room, poss. show a farm wagon loaded with the wheat sheaves.