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The isolated figure of a shepherd carrying a sheep over his shoulders, walking along the ridge of a rocky mountain. The shepherd is depicted as a bearded middle-aged man carrying a staff, with his head tilted slightly to the left revealing a Middle-Eastern face, his eyelids lowered in order to glance at the sheep, and wearing a red turban and long, striped robes worn with an overcoat. Growing to the right of the figure, within the barren landscape, is a tall thistle with pronounced thorns. The entire scene is bathed in the warm, red glow characteristic of evening light. To the left of the figure, the mountain appears to fall away sharply with the ridge curving round in an arc to the left. On the right horizon are the peaks of more distant mountains depicted in pink and mauve tones.
Title
The Lost Sheep
Date
1864
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 33.1 x W 25.1 cm
Accession number
1920.94
Acquisition method
purchased from Mr D. Croal Thomson, 1920
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed (initialled in monogram) and dated at right bottom corner (in red): 18 WJW 64