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Giraudon’s Artist — Shepherdess Leaning Against a Tree, with Two Sheep

Giraudon’s Artist

Shepherdess Leaning Against a Tree, with Two Sheep

1870

Bucolic pastoral life is elegantly framed in this albumen print, emphasizing the romanticized view of rural labor popular in 19th-century photography and art.

Medium
Albumen print

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