The artwork, titled “Two Seated Men and a Standing Boy (Study for ‘The Covenanters’ Baptism’)” is a creation of George Harvey, dating back to the year 1830. Executed in the Romanticism art movement, this piece falls under the genre of sketch and study.
In the artwork, there are two seated men and a boy standing alongside them. The central figure is an elderly man with white hair, who appears to be gesturing or pointing with his right arm extended forward. Seated to his left is a younger man with a beard, gazing in the same direction as the elder. The young boy, positioned closer to the elder man, is also focusing on the indicated direction, holding a piece of cloth or perhaps a book. The scene, though an unfinished study, portrays a compelling interaction between the figures, capturing a moment of what seems to be instruction or storytelling, reflected in their attentive and engaged expressions.
