Joseph Farquharson (Circle), The Flock Engravings & Etchings like a nightshirt

like a nightshirt

till Turner went down covered with blood

which Lancaster has etched skilfully

This charming copy is clearly by an accomplished hand and captures the essence of the original very nicely

Joseph Farquharson (Circle), The Flock Engravings & Etchings like a nightshirtThis fine turn of the century drawing depicts a shepherd and his wife following a flock of sheep through a wooded area thick with snow. Its exquisitely rendered in minute dashes and crosshatching. One of the masters of this genre was Scottish artist Joseph Farquharson (1846 1935) who produced numerous snow covered landscapes with sheep. He painted en plein air (outside), often from a portable painting hut with a stove, and was known affectionately as