Sheep Collection (page 14)

Landscape with a Peasant and His Flock, c.1850-59 (oil on fabric)
XOS5877497 Landscape with a Peasant and His Flock, c.1850-59 (oil on fabric) by Daiwaille, A.J. (1818-88); 55.2x78.7 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

The Oath of Abraham's Servant, c.1650-59 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877809 The Oath of Abraham's Servant, c.1650-59 (oil on canvas) by Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Il Grechetto) (1609-64); 71.2x94 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

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Arabian shepherd life (engraving)
8658550 Arabian shepherd life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arabian shepherd life)

New Zealand, 1890s: Freezing Works (b/w photo)
8662459 New Zealand, 1890s: Freezing Works (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Freezing Works)

Stringing tennis rackets (b/w photo)
8634714 Stringing tennis rackets (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stringing tennis rackets. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Il Pleut, Bergere (coloured engraving)
8635216 Il Pleut, Bergere (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Il Pleut, Bergere)

Yorkshire: Sheep in Swaledale (b/w photo)
8655176 Yorkshire: Sheep in Swaledale (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sheep in Swaledale)

Lady-Day (colour litho)
8674333 Lady-Day (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady-Day. Illustration for Tiles from Dame Marjorie's Chimney Corner)

Prince Albert's Model Farm, Windsor (engraving)
8676675 Prince Albert's Model Farm, Windsor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince Albert's Model Farm, Windsor, Berkshire)

Sheep washing in Sussex (b/w photo)
8676048 Sheep washing in Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sheep washing in Sussex)

Crimple Valley Viaduct, York and North Midland Railway. Harrogate Branch, 1847 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483127 Crimple Valley Viaduct, York and North Midland Railway. Harrogate Branch, 1847 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Birkinshaw, John Cass (1811-1857); 34x45 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

An engraving depicting a shepherd and his dog, 19th century
5311078 An engraving depicting a shepherd and his dog, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1825); Universal History Archive/UIG

Saint Wendelin (554 - 617) c.1900 (engraving)
FGL5502845 Saint Wendelin (554 - 617) c.1900 (engraving); Fototeca Gilardi

Leviticus: offering of a goat and a bovine to expiate involuntary faults - engraving taken from a bible
FGL5500221 Leviticus: offering of a goat and a bovine to expiate involuntary faults - engraving taken from a bible, c.1900 (engraving); Fototeca Gilardi

Flock of sheep in Egypt, c.1900 (b/w photo)
7292991 Flock of sheep in Egypt, c.1900 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. Shepherd and flock of sheeps near Cairo. Photo, Egypt, ca 1900.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and mouflon of Corsica, Ovis aries orientalis
5855169 Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and mouflon of Corsica, Ovis aries orientalis; (add.info.: Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and mouflon of Corsica, Ovis aries orientalis)

"A Franciscan monk asking a shepherd for one of his sheep", from the book "Trujillo del Peru" by
AIS5363028 "A Franciscan monk asking a shepherd for one of his sheep", from the book "Trujillo del Peru" by Baltasar Martinez Companon y Bajanda, Bishop of Trujillo (1782-1785)

A wealthy Kyrgyz family
5312029 A wealthy Kyrgyz family; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a wealthy Kyrgyz family from Eastern Siberia outside their portable home. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5
FLO4646115 White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart

Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca 1, chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera. critically endangered 2, and plains viscacha
FLO4646093 Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca 1, chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera. critically endangered 2, and plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus 3

Photographic print of the typical Landals shepherds on stilts, 19th century (b/w photo)
3077775 Photographic print of the typical Landals shepherds on stilts, 19th century (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photographic print of typical Landals shepherds on stilts, in Landes of Gascony, France)

Literature. Harper's Magazine, May issue. Poster by E. Penfield, USA, c.1890-95 (poster)
3434567 Literature. Harper's Magazine, May issue. Poster by E. Penfield, USA, c.1890-95 (poster); (add.info.: Litterature. Numero de Mai du Harper's Magazine. Penfield, USA, vers 1890-95)

Shepherd in the mountains of "La Maiella"
3568630 Shepherd in the mountains of "La Maiella"; (add.info.: Chieti 1910-1920 ca. Photographer: Foto Edizione Angeli); Alinari Archives, Florence

Cashmere goats and sheep. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder
FLO4568927 Cashmere goats and sheep. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Dartmoor
BON70848 Dartmoor by Rivers, Leopold (1850-1905); 144x193 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Leopold Rivers); Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

Peasant from the canton of Glarus, c.1820 (engraving)
2085851 Peasant from the canton of Glarus, c.1820 (engraving); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Geography. Switzerland. Peasant from the canton of Glarus)

Jacob sees Rachel at the well (colour litho)
8635638 Jacob sees Rachel at the well (colour litho) by Tillack, Johannes Adolf (1861-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jacob sees Rachel at the well, Genesis 29:10. Old Testament Pictures)

Scene from Jacopo Sannazaro's poem Arcadia (colour litho)
8626249 Scene from Jacopo Sannazaro's poem Arcadia (colour litho) by Italian School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The life of shepherds)

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The shepherds in the field (colour litho)
8652316 The shepherds in the field (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The shepherds in the field)

Baby's Ride (colour litho)
8650391 Baby's Ride (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baby's Ride. Illustration for Buttercups)

Sheep washing (engraving)
8647823 Sheep washing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sheep washing. Illustration for The People's Magazine (January to June 1871)

The British Empire, 1920s: Australia (colour litho)
8657392 The British Empire, 1920s: Australia (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Australia)

Shepherdess with Sheep, c.1876 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5882376 Shepherdess with Sheep, c.1876 (oil on wood panel) by Jacque, Charles Emile (1813-94); 31.5x46.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Charles-Emile Jacque)

New Zealand, 1890s: Wool Sorting (b/w photo)
8662507 New Zealand, 1890s: Wool Sorting (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wool Sorting)

Bilboe, used to secure a sheep during shearing (b/w photo)
8676041 Bilboe, used to secure a sheep during shearing (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bilboe, used to secure a sheep during shearing)

Sheep, muntjac, tarantula and mouflon (colour litho)
8677379 Sheep, muntjac, tarantula and mouflon (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: M for mouton (sheep), muntjac, mygale (tarantula) and mouflon

Lamb, alpaca, donkey and albatross (colour litho)
8677360 Lamb, alpaca, donkey and albatross (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A for agneau (lamb), alpaca, ane (donkey) and albatross

Our Countryside, 1938: A Devon Lane (b/w photo)
8671531 Our Countryside, 1938: A Devon Lane (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Devon Lane)

Shepherds with their flocks and dogs. Figure on left is holding bagpipes and, as well as crooks for handling the sheep
532670 Shepherds with their flocks and dogs. Figure on left is holding bagpipes and, as well as crooks for handling the sheep, there are woodwind instruments on the ground

The Shepherds Calendar, 1480-90 (gold ink & ink on parchment)
8682933 The Shepherds Calendar, 1480-90 (gold ink & ink on parchment) by French School, (15th century); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Dishley (New Leicester) Ram. This breed of sheep was the result of selective breeding programme by Robert Bakewell
531724 Dishley (New Leicester) Ram. This breed of sheep was the result of selective breeding programme by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire, England

The nativity, Birth of Christ in the manger, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 (engraving)
3665614 The nativity, Birth of Christ in the manger, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: The nativity, Birth of Christ in the manger)

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"Sheep: Graceful Guardians of the Countryside" In the misty dawn of Fairfield church, nestled amidst the picturesque Romney Marsh near Rye, Kent, England, a flock of Herdwick sheep grazes peacefully under the watchful eye of their shepherd. These hardy creatures with their distinctive gray fleece have long been an integral part of this idyllic landscape. Their presence evokes images from William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience, " where he immortalized these gentle beings in his enchanting illustrations. The Lamb depicted within those pages seems to come alive as we witness these real-life sheep roaming freely around Fairfield Church on Romney Marsh. From South Ayrshire's Robert Burns cottage to Findon Fair's bustling atmosphere in 1935, they have always played a significant role in rural life across the United Kingdom. Whether it be Blue-faced Leicester sheep dotting the Pennines or Suffolk Sheep grazing contently in snow-covered Herefordshire fields they can emblematic symbols connecting us to our agricultural heritage. Even art finds inspiration in their presence; at Glenkiln Estate Sculpture Park overlooking Dumfries' Glenkiln reservoir stands Henry Moore's majestic King & Queen sculpture surrounded by grazing sheep. Their quiet companionship adds serenity and harmony to this already breathtaking scene. As we journey through Glastonbury Tor's mystical landscapes and gaze upon Lindisfarne Castle standing tall against Northumberland's rugged coastlines, one cannot help but notice how these woolly creatures seamlessly blend into nature’s tapestry. Sheep embody resilience and simplicity while nurturing our connection with nature. They remind us that beauty can be found even in humble pastures. So let us cherish these graceful guardians who silently shape our countryside and inspire awe wherever they roam.