A few 18C British American women with Sheep & Lambs

Sheep began appearing in Western religious paintings early.  By the 17th century, lambs were showing up in non-religious portraits as well. These are a few of my favorites, including several early American paintings.


Anthonie Palamedesz. (Stevaerts, Stevens) (1601-1673) Child and Sheep, 1655


Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) Lady Belasyse


Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Girl with a Lamb


Elisabeth Sophie Cheron (1648-1711) Self Portrait


Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1743) Portrait of a Woman as St Agnes (Perhaps Catherine Voss)


James Francis Maubert (1666-1746) Portrait of Henrietta Duchess of Bolton


Colonial American 1730-1735 Gerardus Duyckinck (1695-1749) De Peyster Girl with Lamb


Colonial Americaqn Gerardus Duyckinck (1695-1749) Portrait Of Franks Children with Lamb 1735


Colonial American 1754 Joseph Blackburn (1700-1780) Mary Sylvester


Sir George Chalmers (1720-1791) Elizabeth and Mary Chichester


Colonial American? 1770 Cosmo Alexander (1724-1772) Girl with a Lamb


Colonial American John Durand (1731-1805) Mary Beekman


Joseph Wright Of Derby (1734-1797) Miss Frances Warren


Joseph Wright Of Derby (1734-1797) Miss Frances Warren


Colonial American 1756 John Singleton Copley 1738-1815 Ann Tyning (Mrs Thomas Smelt)


William Henesy (English 18th Century) Baptist Noel 4th Earl of Gainsborough and His Wife Elizabeth with their Children