. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. nd a small flock of sheep, evidently onthe way to market. The cow, after the manner of its kind, scenting a lusciouscabbage in one of the panniers, walks close at the heels of the donkey, and thewoman, stick in hand, keejjs her at a safe distance. In the foreground an activesheep-dog, black, with spotted white face, front paws and breast, dashes acrossthe road, herding the flock of sheep together. The group is in strong sunlightfrom the left, and the shadows indicate that the sun
. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. nd a small flock of sheep, evidently onthe way to market. The cow, after the manner of its kind, scenting a lusciouscabbage in one of the panniers, walks close at the heels of the donkey, and thewoman, stick in hand, keejjs her at a safe distance. In the foreground an activesheep-dog, black, with spotted white face, front paws and breast, dashes acrossthe road, herding the flock of sheep together. The group is in strong sunlightfrom the left, and the shadows indicate that the sun is fairly high in the the left, seen beyond the slope of a small rounded hill, is a glimpse of a broadflat meadow on a small bight of the sea extending to a low line of trees whichforms the distant horizon. A mass of low drifting cumuli, vigorously illuminatedby the sun, floats lazily in the lower part of the sky, leaving a broad band of blueabove, modified by a thin \ei\ of clouds. Signed at the lover left, C. Count dHixnmsdat., Paris, from L. Ciiist I)ki. LE KETOUU A LA FEliME CONSTANT TROYON No 30COXSTANT TEOYON 1810—1865 LE BET OUR A LA FEB ME Height, 53 ; width, 38 inches ( J UlA^ Strolling along a narrow well-worn i)ath, ajiparently on their way to pasture, aretwo cows, one i)ure white, the other deep brown, and two sheep, all in the warmlight of the summer sun, which has not yet reached the zenith. The whitecow leads the grouj) and advances directly toward the spectator with her headturned toward the right and alertl\- raised as if watching an api^roaching her, at some distance, follows her stolid companion, and the two sheep,one ot which is about to cro]) the scant herbage along the path, accompany thecows on the crest of a low bank on the left, under a sturdy old ])ollard treewhich extends nearly to the top of the picture. Beyond the animals is a wide vistaover a pleasant pasture land, with a
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