Line engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-calvert-81" aria-label="More by Edward Calvert" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward Calvert</a>
Sheep his Pasture
Presented by S. Calvert 1912
agricultural
architecture
corn
emotions, concepts and ideas
farm
fence
hill
idyll
landscape
plants and flowers
river
sunset
times of the day
townscapes / man-made features
universal concepts
valley
water: inland
wooded
<p>This engraving dates from 1828, the year after Blake died. Blake inspired a relatively small number of artists, but there are few works whose subject and composition owe such a direct debt to his work as this print. Its links with the eighth of Blake's wood engravings for Thornton's 'Virgil' show that The Sheep of his Pasture is almost as an act of homage to Blake. Calvert was well aware of the pastoral ideal in Virgil's writing. Here Calvert presents a wider vision of what he described as 'that serene kingdom, teeming with the good and the true and the beautiful.'</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print line engraving
15 October 2001 – 7 July 2002
2002-07-07
15 October 2001 – 7 July 2002
2002-07-07
2001-10-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-15
William Blake and His Followers
Collection based display
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 Sheep of his Pasture
image: 41 × 76 mm
Presented by S. Calvert 1912
<p>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/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> dates from 1828, the  year after Blake died. Blake inspired  a relatively small number of artists, but there are few works whose subject and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> owe such a direct debt to  his work as 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>. Its links with the eighth of Blake's <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> for Thornton's 'Virgil' show that The Sheep  of his Pasture is almost as an act of homage to Blake. Calvert was well  aware of the pastoral ideal in Virgil's writing. Here Calvert presents a wider vision of what he described as 'that serene kingdom, teeming with the  good and the true and the beautiful.'</p>
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agricultural architecture corn emotions, concepts and ideas farm fence hill idyll landscape plants and flowers river sunset times of the day townscapes / man-made features universal concepts valley water: inland wooded