The Draw Well is a lovely sensitive rendering of an everyday task in Newlyn. A young woman draws water from a well, protected by a great slab of Cornish slate - a large clay jug ready to receive the water. Behind her a rendered cottage. The render has fallen away along the edge of the cottage and the whole speaks of a relatively poor, hard working but dignified existence. The painting was exhibited by Harris at the Birmingham Art Circle Autumn Exhibition of 1886. The Art Circle had been founded by Harris, William Wainwright and Walter Langley in 1880 with the objective of holding public exhibitions where Harris and his young contemporaries could show their work without being overshadowed by the older generation of established artists. Shortly after its founding, the Birmingham Art Dealer, Edwin Chamberlain, offered to hold the Art Circle exhibitions in his gallery. Harris settled in Newlyn in 1883 but continued to send work to Chamberlain for the Art Circle Summer and Autumn exhibitions. The Draw Well is one such piece.