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Sheep-shearing

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

    | Reference: 31340i
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    A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

    | Reference: 26549i
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    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.

    Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 2970772i
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    An allegory of plenty: a scene of sheep-shearing with a cornucopious border. Engraving.

    | Reference: 497691i
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    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.

    Doyle, John, 1797-1868. | Date: 3 April 1838 | Reference: 36799i
    Part of: HB sketches
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