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Sheep Resting
Sheep Resting
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Sheep Resting

Artist/Culture (British, about 1765–1822)
Date1800-1820
Mediumwatercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions12.8 x 17.8 cm (5 1/16 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Wallace T. Montague
Object number1952.6
DescriptionBR/1 Inscribed in pen and brown ink, l.l., "E.L.1830." Inscribed in pen and brown ink, l.r., and scraped away, "HOWITT..." Formerly attributed of Sir Edwin Landseer. Perhaps reproduced in an engraving in "A New World of Animals."
ProvenanceWallace T. Montague, Worcester, MA
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