| Maker(s): | Morland, George
| | Culture: | English (1763-1804)
| | Title: | print: The Fleecy Charge
| | Date Made: | 1796
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | paper, ink, watercolor, wood, gilding, glass
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England; London
| | Measurements: | framed: 19 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.; 48.5775 x 60.325 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 57.042
| | Credit Line: | Gift of A. J. Cronin
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Framed hand-colored engraving titled "The Fleecy Charge" based on a drawing by George Morland (1763-1804) and published by G. Shepheard, over the verse, "Now Shepherds: to you helpers charge be kind / Battle the raging years, and fill their pens / With food at will, lodge them below the storm / And Watch them strict." over "From an original picture in the collection of Mr. Benj. Babbage, to whom this plate is dedicated by his humble servt, / Thos. Macklan." Morland, the son of an artist, was exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1773 at the age of 10. His paintings of animals and the everyday life of his time were very popular, and his colored engravings were found in many houses throughout England. However, he was extremely extravagant in his lifestyle and moved from from one hiding place to another to escape his creditors. He died early at the age of 41, still painting desperately in an effort to meet his obligations. The scene depicts two men standing just inside a barn door with a dog sitting between them; one is holding an armload of hay as one sheep looks at him and two others are near the hay feeder on the right.
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