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Study for "A Gentle Shepherd"
Study for "A Gentle Shepherd"

Study for "A Gentle Shepherd"

Artist (Pitlessie, Fife, Scotland, 1785 - 1841)
Date1825
Mediumpencil and watercolour on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 28.8 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
Frame: Height: 53.9 cm, Width: 42.3 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1952.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG003529
About MeDavid Wilkie trained in Edinburgh and in 1805 moved to London, where he studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He established himself as the most popular genre painter of the day - the public enjoyed the wealth of lively and often humorous incidents in his paintings.

This is a study in watercolour of an oil on panel 'The Gentle Shepherd'. One of three known oil versions is in the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery.

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