# The Pastorals of Virgil, Eclogue I: The Shepherd Chases away a Wolf

By [William Blake](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/william-blake.md>), 1821.

## Details

- Medium: wood engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 3.5 x 7.4 cm (1 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.146>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Romanticism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/romanticism.md>)

## Image

![A shepherd drives a wolf away from a fenced flock beneath a dark sky.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-4c7fe09e57970a3c/full.jpg?v=1cfc8a9487472b8fffe4d8a9b10999e8059440d60e609bcf65eb2e2f3129a7cb>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1934.146. Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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