# Shepherdess

By [Winslow Homer](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/winslow-homer.md>), c. 1878.

## Details

- Medium: charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 41.8 x 25.8 cm (16 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Image: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.489>)

- Categories: Works on Paper
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A young shepherdess holds a crook, her arms folded across her chest.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-8ea1ab7ef1ed4805/full.jpg?v=0dd54ca12d181ae26069f640adeb3358ffad4ba51f009720a99ec61a66a5825d>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.489. Gift of Dr. J. A. Vincent. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Dr. J. A. Vincent
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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