The Favourite Shepherd
Oil Painting
1837 (painted)
1837 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
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 | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Favourite Shepherd (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel |
| 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. |
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| Style | |
| 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 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 289 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.215[O] |
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| Record created | April 18, 2007 |
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