3 jan 1849 ano - The Stone Breakers

Descrição:

Depicts a young boy and an older man crushing rock to produce the gravel used for road beds. The places where Corbet was showing these works were where the wealthy usually came together.

Exposing these people to the hardships of those that make the lifestyles of the rich possible was tide shifting and very controversial.

But in all it started conversation of which, was Corbet's goal.