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Highland Drovers Departure

Engraver James Henry Watt British
Publisher Henry Graves & Co. British
June 18, 1841
Not on view
A family outside a cottage with an old man smoking a pipe and a man in Highland dress holding a baby and a drover in conversation with a young woman. Cows, sheep and a horse rest at the left and animals are being driven along the road towards distant mountains. This is an early state with the etching still very pronounced. The print is based on a picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1835.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Highland Drovers Departure
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: James Henry Watt (British, London 1799–1867 London)
  • Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
  • Date: June 18, 1841
  • Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé; early state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 24 3/16 × 31 5/8 in. (61.4 × 80.4 cm)
    Sheet: 28 1/4 × 36 1/8 in. (71.7 × 91.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.30.60
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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