The Shepherd And His Sheep · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Shepherd And His Sheep
Period: 1850-1900
Description: The top of the picture is a huge oak tree that has acorns falling from it. At the bottom of the tree there stands a ram and three sheep. The ram is catching acorns that are falling. The sheep appear to be standing on a cloth or the shepherdâ€™s cloak that is on the ground and they are eating acorns off it.
Image Creator: Percy J. Billinghurst (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:27181
Language: eng
Source Name: A Hundred Fables of Aesop
Parent Collection: E1 - A Hundred Fables of Aesop. Illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst (1899)
Image: mta_27181_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Rams; Sheep; Oak trees; Acorns; Grass