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The sleeping shepherd

The sleeping shepherd
(1857)
plate 5 from Etchings for the Art Union of London by The Etching Club, London

Medium
etching on chine collé
Measurements
9.5 × 7.8 cm (image) 12.4 × 10.4 cm (plate) 36.5 × 26.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lister 6 iv/iv
Printing/Publishing
published by The Etching Club, London, 1857
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Samuel Palmer.
printed in ink l.c.: 5
Accession Number
P34-1971
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Agriculture Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
men (male humans) pastoral ploughing repose (activity) sheep (genus) shepherds sleeping
Movements
Victorian