Picture No | 12700984 |
Date | 1790s |
Description | Ruined cottage, sheep and lamb, by Thomas Bewick |
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Ruined cottage, sheep and lamb, by Thomas Bewick - a sheep nibbles at an old broom in the winter snow, while her lamb tries in vain to extract milk from its starving mother. First published in A General History of Quadrupeds.
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Source | Illustration by Thomas Bewick, reproduced in 'The Penny Magazine', 10 July 1841, page 269 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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