In a field which surrounds a bare stone wall, near a gateway into the open woods, the shepherd kneels beside a dead sheep and examines it; his dog lying down, panting and tongue hanging out, watches him; landscape of poplars that are shedding their leaves; effect of autumn morning. Before the signature.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 86, I.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
