Shepherdess Tending Sheep

• Artist: Winslow Homer
• Medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, thick, rough textured paper
• Dates: 1878
• Dimensions: 11 9/16 x 19 3/4 in. (29.4 x 50.2cm) Frame: 18 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. (45.7 x 61 x 3.8 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower left: "Winslow Homer 1878"
• Inscriptions: On verso, two inscriptions in graphite: "H. C. Valentine / 58 W 20th" and "light buff"
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, K215
• Exhibitions:
  • Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection (September 14, 2007 through January 17, 2008)
• Accession Number: 41.1088
• Image: 41.1088_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,