Highland Drovers Departure

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

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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