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Description: | Sheep are usually washed before they are sheared for their wool in late June. Washing encourages the growth of new wool which lifts the fleece from the skin. The sheep were driven to a pool or stream and the men washing them would be up to their chests in water. Sacking and strong drink kept out the cold.
Oil painting showing a pool of water surrounded by mature green trees. A large flock of sheep are being driven to the pool. Two figures are standing in the water washing the sheep. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fine arts Sheep Landscape Oil painting Oil Paintings Rural life Victorian period Art collections | Temporal: | 1866 - 1885
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | MACINTYRE; Joseph Wrightson (1842 - 1897) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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