Orkney Sheep

Description

Painting of Orkney and Shetland sheep, including a black and white, or piebald ram from Eynhallow, a ewe from Rousay and a black lamb, cross bred with a pure Cheviot breed, oil on canvas, by William Shiels, c. 1835

Museum reference

H.OD 97

Collection

Fine Art

Object name

Painting

Production information

Shiels, William, 1783 - 1857, Delineator

Date

c. 1835

Materials

Oil paint, Canvas

Physical description

Oil on canvas

Associations

Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
Eynhallow, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Your Paintings: Uncovering the nation's art collections (10 Dec 2012)
  World Wide Web

References

Cheape, H. et al. At Home: Ten Years Collecting From Historic Scotland. Edinburgh: HMSO;1984 pp 90-3

Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Strathclyde, The Public Catalogue Foundation, London, 2014, p45

On display

national museum of rural life »
level 3