Shepherdess

1861

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching on wove paper
Dimensions: plate: 5.5 × 8.7 cm (2 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 21 × 32 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
Collection no.: 2014.88.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Shepherdess — Adolphe Appian. 1861.

Medium: etching on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 5.5 × 8.7 cm (2 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 21 × 32 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.88.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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