Shepherd chases away wolf Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil
Printmaker: Blake, William
Height: 36 mm
Width: 76 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
Production date: AD 1821
Plate 7 to The Pastorals of Virgil, edited by Dr. R.J. Thornton, from the Imitations of the Eclogues, Ambrose Philips, 1821. Of the 230 illustrations, Blake was responsible for designing and executing 4 engravings and 17 woodcuts illustrating Ambrose's Imitation of the Eclogues.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: P.50-1950 (7)
Primary reference Number: 118191
Bindman: 608
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