| May Day | |
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| Artist | William Collins |
| Year | 1812 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 94 cm× 111.8 cm(37 in× 44.01 in) |
| Location | Yale Center for British Art, New Haven |
May Day is an 1812 genre painting by the British artist William Collins. [1] It depicts a group of revellers celebrating the traditional May Day festival outside an English village inn, possibly on the outskirts of London. Young chimney sweeps in costume are shown begging for coins while a May Queen dances to the beat of a drum. [2] It was entered into the British Institution's annual exhibition. [3] Collins was paid 150 guineas for the painting. [4] Today it is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut. [5]
