Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 414.
Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, no. 99.
"A. B. Durand 1796-1886," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 1971, no. 50.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pg. 147.
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Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, fig. 50.
"A. B. Durand 1796-1886," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 1971, no. 50 (color plate).
Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 415.
Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pl. 45.
(Lower left:) A. B. Durand / 1845 signed
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Summary:
Landscape with basswood and beech trees in the foreground, and a lake in the middle ground. On the right, a shepherd walks his herd of sheep along a dirt road that winds across the middle ground toward the shore of the lake.
