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After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer British
Engraver Benjamin Phelps Gibbon British, born Wales
Publisher Francis Graham Moon British
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A sheep dog lies with its head on its fomer owner's grave. Based on a picture painted by Landseer in 1837.
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Title: The Shepherd's Grave
Artist:
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver:
Benjamin Phelps Gibbon (British, Penally, Wales 1802–1851 London)
Publisher:
Francis Graham Moon (British, London 1796–1871 Brighton)
Date: June 2, 1838
Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 9/16 × 14 3/4 in. (34.5 × 37.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 5/16 in. (40.2 × 54.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number: 47.30.6
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