Process by which wool on a sheep is cut off

A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

Agricultural labours: harvesters loading sheaves of corn on to a wagon, and a man and boy shearing sheep. Engraving after E. Bendemann.

Lord Brougham shears a mock sheep with the head of Lord Melbourne, and Sir William Molesworth combs Lord Glenelg. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

An allegory of plenty: a scene of sheep-shearing with a cornucopious border. Engraving.

Sheep are sheared and wheat is reaped; representing summer. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.

People dipping sheep in the river and shearing them in the field, then washing, beating and combing the wool. Engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image 22.4 x 17.5 cm

1 print : line engraving ; image 14.1 x 13.5 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 39.7 x 51.8 cm

Two men shearing sheep within a pen outside a farm built into an ancient wall; representing summer. Etching, 16--, by P. Nolpe after P. Potter.

1 print : engraving ; image 8.3 x 14.3 cm

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.2 x 33.8 cm + album.

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Sheep-shearing

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People dipping sheep in the river and shearing them in the field, then washing, beating and combing the wool. Engraving.

A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

Two men shearing sheep within a pen outside a farm built into an ancient wall; representing summer. Etching, 16--, by P. Nolpe after P. Potter.

An allegory of plenty: a scene of sheep-shearing with a cornucopious border. Engraving.

Lord Brougham shears a mock sheep with the head of Lord Melbourne, and Sir William Molesworth combs Lord Glenelg. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Sheep-shearing

Images from the collections

Images referencing Sheep-shearing

Works from the collections

People dipping sheep in the river and shearing them in the field, then washing, beating and combing the wool. Engraving.

A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

Two men shearing sheep within a pen outside a farm built into an ancient wall; representing summer. Etching, 16--, by P. Nolpe after P. Potter.

An allegory of plenty: a scene of sheep-shearing with a cornucopious border. Engraving.

Lord Brougham shears a mock sheep with the head of Lord Melbourne, and Sir William Molesworth combs Lord Glenelg. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

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