Swineherd

Artist Eric Gill (British, 1882 - 1940)

Date1925

Mediumwood engraving

DimensionsImage: 2 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (5.9 × 8.4 cm) Sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (26.9 × 21 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson

CultureBritish

Inscribed2016-60 pencil handwritten l.r.

Catalogue raisonnéJ.P. 337

Object numberPC2016.14.60

ClassificationsPrint Collection

Descriptionside profile of sitting bearded man wearing short, spotted tunic exposing torso with one strap, seated on ground with knees upwards and feet on the ground, elbows on knees with forearms angled upwards, hands holding straight wooden staff; man gazes straight at three identical pigs side by side, each pig has head and snout pointed towards the ground and rears slanted upwards; background is mounds of plants including grasses and flowers.

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