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Shepherd boy and sheep dog
- Medium
- watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
- Measurements
- 30.5 × 34.5 cm (sheet)
- Accession Number
- 614-4
- Department
- International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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As the popularity of genre painting grew in England in the early nineteenth century, many artists forged successful careers as specialist painters of animals. James Ward was one such artist: he found great success mainly through his paintings of horses, a specialist area of its own. But Ward could easily turn his hand to other subjects, and dogs often appear in his paintings. His love of animals went beyond the brush – he actively campaigned against animal cruelty.
- Subjects (general)
- Animals Human Figures
- Subjects (specific)
- boys child labour coats (garments) dog (species) hats reclining shepherds