Return of the Shepherd, from "The Pastorals of Virgil"
William Blake, English, 1757 - 1827
1821
Wood engraving
Image: 1 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (3.2 × 7.7 cm)
Sheet: 1 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (3.6 × 8.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.16.2
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
D. Bindman, The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake, New York, 1978, no. 618.
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