Line engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-richmond-447" aria-label="More by George Richmond" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Richmond</a>
Shepherd
Presented by Mrs John Richmond 1925
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
clothing and personal items
cottage
England
England, South East
England, Southern
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
hill
Kent
landscape
man
objects
people
places
residential
sheep
staff
tree
UK counties
UK countries and regions
work and occupations
<p>This unfinished engraving is a good example of the strong influence which Blake's illustrations to Thornton's 'Virgil', shown in this display, had on the Ancients. The shepherd and his flock are clearly based on Thenot and his sheep in the Frontispiece to Thornton. The motif of the small cottage set among trees also appears in some of the other Thornton wood-engravings. Richmond began this print in April 1827 and he seems to have continued work on it at Shoreham, Kent, soon afterwards. The landscape in 'The Shepherd', like Palmer's landscapes of the same period, was inspired by the views around Shoreham.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper print line engraving
31 March 2007 – 10 June 2007
2007-06-10
31 March 2007 – 10 June 2007
2007-06-10
2007-03-31
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2007-03-31
Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art
Loan-out
1 November 2011 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
3 July 2012 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
2012-07-03
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2011-11-01
Blake Exhibition
Loan-out
13 May 2013 – 6 October 2013
2013-10-06
13 May 2013 – 6 October 2013
2013-10-06
2013-05-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-13
Landscape in Blake
Collection based display
12 August 2019 – 17 March 2020
2020-03-17
12 August 2019
2019-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-08-12
Blake Followers
Collection based display
The Shepherd
image: 178 × 114 mm
Presented by Mrs John Richmond 1925
<p>This unfinished <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> is a good example of the strong influence which Blake's illustrations to Thornton's 'Virgil', shown in this display, had on <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/the-ancients" title="Glossary definition for 'The Ancients'"><span>the </span></a><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/the-ancients" title="Glossary definition for 'The Ancients'"><span>Ancients</span></a>. The shepherd and his flock are clearly based on Thenot and his sheep in the Frontispiece to Thornton. The motif of the small cottage set among trees also appears in some of the other Thornton <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/wood-engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Wood engraving'"><span>wood-engravings</span></a>. Richmond began this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> in April 1827 and he seems to have continued work on it at Shoreham, Kent, soon afterwards. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> in 'The Shepherd', like Palmer's landscapes of the same period, was inspired by the views around Shoreham.</p>
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture clothing and personal items cottage England England, South East England, Southern herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess hill Kent landscape man objects people places residential sheep staff tree UK counties UK countries and regions work and occupations