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The image shows a person seated on the ground, depicted from the waist up. This individual is leaning slightly forward, with their head turned to the side and their eyes closed or looking down. They have short, curly hair, possibly styled back, a straight nose, and closed lips. The person wears a sleeveless tunic, holding a shepherd's crook in one hand. Sheep and lambs are around them, and the background includes a lightly sketched landscape with trees and a flock of sheep grazing in the distance.
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The image shows a person seated on the ground, depicted from the waist up. This individual is leaning slightly forward, with their head turned to the side and their eyes closed or looking down. They have short, curly hair, possibly styled back, a straight nose, and closed lips. The person wears a sleeveless tunic, holding a shepherd's crook in one hand. Sheep and lambs are around them, and the background includes a lightly sketched landscape with trees and a flock of sheep grazing in the distance.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Pastoral

Frederick Stuart Church

Date
1881
Medium
etching
Dimensions
image: 305 x 149 mm sheet: 362 x 184 mm
Classification
Print
Accession number
2008.115.1236
Credit line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • Tree
  • Dress
  • animal
Inscription

lower left in graphite: A. Pastoral; lower right in graphite: 4; upper right in graphite: smt; lower left in graphite: F.S. Church, N.Y. April 7/81

NGA object ID 148038. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.