Shepherd chases away wolf Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil
Printmaker: Blake, William
Bought from the T.H. Riches Fund
Height: 36 mm
Width: 76 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1941-04)
Production date: AD 1821
Plate 7 to The Pastorals of Virgil, edited by Dr. R.J. Thornton, from the Imitations of the Eclogues, Ambrose Philips, 1821. Of the 230 illustrations, Blake was responsible for designing and executing 4 engravings and 17 woodcuts illustrating Ambrose's Imitation of the Eclogues.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: P.16-1941
Primary reference Number: 118214
Bindman: 608
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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