Person who tends, feeds, or guards herds of various domestic animals in places where these animals wander pasture lands

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Two sleeping cowherds on the Mont-sous-les-Baisses just before an appearance of the Virgin of the Salette. Lithograph by E. Ciceri and Ph. Benoist after F. Benoist.

Cows being herded together at the bottom of a hill. Etching by P. Potter, 1643.

A young woman sits on a mountain side with a cow and a basket on the ground, spinnning yarn. Engraving by P. Laurent after Karel du Jardin.

A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

Three herders in the Roman Campagna with goats and cattle by a river: a man kneels, a woman playing the pipe is seated, and another woman stands. Engraving by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

Sorrento, Italy: a herder driving cattle across a stone bridge above a stream. Etching by J.P. Hackert, 1779.

A woman on a donkey rides next to a walking huntsman with a gun, at the head of a flock of goats with cattle, while a herder follows up behind. Etching by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

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A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

Three herders in the Roman Campagna with goats and cattle by a river: a man kneels, a woman playing the pipe is seated, and another woman stands. Engraving by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

Sorrento, Italy: a herder driving cattle across a stone bridge above a stream. Etching by J.P. Hackert, 1779.

A woman on a donkey rides next to a walking huntsman with a gun, at the head of a flock of goats with cattle, while a herder follows up behind. Etching by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

Cows being herded together at the bottom of a hill. Etching by P. Potter, 1643.