- Title:
- A Shepherd and his Flock under the Moon and Stars
- Date:
- ca. 1827
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash, gray wash, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on very thick, slightly textured, card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (10.8 x 13 cm), Frame: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1in. (40 x 52.7 x 2.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite lower left: "[...] Shoreham period showing Blake's influences"; on mount in graphite lower left: "19 x 12 1/2 | U."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2655
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- astronomy | crook, shepherd's | genre subject | landscape | moon | night | rocks (landforms) | sheep | shepherd | stars
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19906
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