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The Favourite Shepherd

Oil Painting
1837 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Uwins, Thomas (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Italy (painted)

Oil on panel depicting a group of women in rustic Italian dress, seated around a fountain collecting water in pots, and turning their heads eagerly towards a figure, a shepherd, that we cannot see. There is also a young man walking up the path towards them in the background, with a small dog on a lead.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
TitleThe Favourite Shepherd (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Oil Paint
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Favourite Shepherd' by Thomas Uwins. Great Britain, 1837.
Physical description
Oil on panel depicting a group of women in rustic Italian dress, seated around a fountain collecting water in pots, and turning their heads eagerly towards a figure, a shepherd, that we cannot see. There is also a young man walking up the path towards them in the background, with a small dog on a lead.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 35cm
  • Approx. width: 25.3cm
  • Frame height: 53cm
  • Frame width: 43cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'Fountain at St Arcangelo/near Cava/South of Italy/painted by T UWINS A.R.A./1837' (Inscribed by the artist on the back)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Rural
Fountain
Italian
Water
Place depicted
Italy
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 289
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.215[O]

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
Record URL
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