Wood engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<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>
Return Home
Presented by S. Calvert 1912
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
cottage
diseases and conditions
donkey
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
landscape
man
path
people
residential
riding
society
tiredness
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
valley
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>This work by Edward Calvert, Blake's follower and a member of 'the Ancients', was engraved on wood, like Blake's illustrations to Robert Thornton's 'Virgil', also displayed on this wall. It shows a weary shepherd returning home after the sun has set; his wife waits for him at the door of their cottage. The scene suggest a pastoral life, though the image of a world-weary shepherd on his donkey invites a comparison with Christ entering Jerusalem. Calvert later painted this same image in tempera and, in doing so, seems to enter even more into the spirit of Blake's biblical art.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print wood 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 September 2010 – 7 December 2010
2010-12-07
13 September 2010 – 7 December 2010
2010-12-07
2010-09-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-09-13
CAS 3
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 Return Home
image: 41 × 76 mm
Presented by S. Calvert 1912
<p>This work by Edward Calvert, Blake's follower and a member of '<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 Ancients</span></a>', was <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>engraved</span></a> on wood, like Blake's illustrations to Robert Thornton's 'Virgil', also displayed on this wall. It shows a weary shepherd returning home after  the sun has set; his wife waits for him  at the door of their cottage. The scene suggest a pastoral life, though the image of a world-weary shepherd on his donkey invites a comparison with Christ entering Jerusalem. Calvert later painted this  same image in <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/tempera" title="Glossary definition for 'Tempera'"><span>tempera</span></a> and, in doing  so, seems to enter even more into the spirit of Blake's biblical art.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture cottage diseases and conditions donkey herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess landscape man path people residential riding society tiredness townscapes / man-made features transport: land valley woman wooded work and occupations