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Description: | The chalk cliffs show that this scene is set on the South Downs, on the Sussex coast. Goats and donkeys were a familiar sight in the Victorian countryside. Donkeys were used to transport loads, and goats' milk was considered to be particularly good for invalids. Thomas Sidney Cooper was a well known specialist painter of animals. His pictures often show animals resting beneath an open expanse of blue sky. This kind of composition followed the example of 17th-century Dutch paintings, which were very popular with British collectors and artists. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1863 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Sidney Cooper (RA) | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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