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Source Description
This arcadian scene perhaps had a Christian message as a church spire is seen in the landscape in the backgroud. In common with other pre-Civil War images of the United States, America is depicted a kind of "promised land" of virtue.Part of the Hudson River School, Casilear was born in New York and trained with Asher B. Durand at a time when he was an engraver. By the middle 1850s he had entirely ceased his work as an engraver, in favor of painting full-time. He was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1851, having been an associate member since 1831, and exhibited his works there for over fifty years.
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Document identity
localId
3440
label
Shepherd and Sheep
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
3440
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Shepherd and Sheep
description
This arcadian scene perhaps had a Christian message as a church spire is seen in the landscape in the backgroud. In common with other pre-Civil War images of the United States, America is depicted a kind of "promised land" of virtue.Part of the Hudson River School, Casilear was born in New York and trained with Asher B. Durand at a time when he was an engraver. By the middle 1850s he had entirely ceased his work as an engraver, in favor of painting full-time. He was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1851, having been an associate member since 1831, and exhibited his works there for over fifty years.
provenance
Acquired by William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1850
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.3
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 11/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (9.3 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
med
pen, sepia and gray wash
creator_ids
3753
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2a72ae7c92cd44b3
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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5275aff38c3ed37c
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no
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no
seq
3
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photo
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46153148f324c9f6
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no
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no