Sheep Dipping
Artist
James Ward
(1769 - 1859)
Date1807
MediumOil
Dimensions137.8 x 226.7 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Lane Bequest, 1913.
Object number138
DescriptionThis is a landscape scene showing a group of shepherds in the left foreground taking sheep from a large flock and dipping them in a river. The sheep are coming out of the river on the opposite bank, dripping wet. The shepherds have set up a tent under a tree in the foreground. The style and execution of the painting show the influence of Italianate scenes popular in the 18th and early 19th century.On View
Not on viewRichard Whately West
James Duff
James Charles