Person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep

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Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis). Watercolour painting.

An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.

Evening: shepherds, labourers on their way home after a day of work, followed by two women and a child who cross a stream. Etching by J. Wagner after G. Zocchi.

The General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. Engraving by J. Shury, 1830, after N. Whittock.

A shepherd's family saying grace at the meal table with a sheep dog sitting under the father's chair. Mezzotint with engraving by Edward Burton, 1851, after Alexander George Fraser.

The birth of Christ; outside the crumbling cave, an angel announces the event to three shepherds. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after J. Führich.

A shepherd boy piping to sheep, goats and cows which are grouped around him. Engraving by Nandet after P. J. Loutherbourg.

A shepherd sits outside on a cold winter's day sharing his meal with his dog. Colour print after E. Duncan.

Cherubs and demons hold up pictures in front of a youth; a woman embroiders; representing the age of twenty. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16---.

A farmer with some sheep; representing November. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Maria, a young woman, sits under a tree with an old shepherd; he points towards a family in the background. Colour stipple engraving by Allen after Corbould.

A shepherd boy is resting under a tree with his flock of sheep and his dog. Engraving.

A rural landscape: a piping shepherd and two couples near a river with a village and mountains beyond; a rainbow to left. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.

A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Etching by Herbert Dicksee, 1901.

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Shepherds

Images from the collections

Images about Shepherds

Works from the collections

A rural landscape: a piping shepherd and two couples near a river with a village and mountains beyond; a rainbow to left. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.

A shepherd's family saying grace at the meal table with a sheep dog sitting under the father's chair. Mezzotint with engraving by Edward Burton, 1851, after Alexander George Fraser.

A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Etching by Herbert Dicksee, 1901.

A shepherd boy piping to sheep, goats and cows which are grouped around him. Engraving by Nandet after P. J. Loutherbourg.

Shepherds

Images from the collections

Images about Shepherds

Works from the collections

A rural landscape: a piping shepherd and two couples near a river with a village and mountains beyond; a rainbow to left. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.

A shepherd's family saying grace at the meal table with a sheep dog sitting under the father's chair. Mezzotint with engraving by Edward Burton, 1851, after Alexander George Fraser.

A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Etching by Herbert Dicksee, 1901.

A shepherd boy piping to sheep, goats and cows which are grouped around him. Engraving by Nandet after P. J. Loutherbourg.

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