"The Good Shepherd giveth His Life for His Sheep" · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: "The Good Shepherd giveth His Life for His Sheep"
Actual Title: The Good Shepherd (The Parables of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ) after Sir John Everett Millais
Artist: J. E. Millais
Artist Full Name: John Everett Millais (1829-1896)
Status: R.A.
Date (Painted or Exhibited): 1864
Type: engraving
Size (HxW mm): 186 x 154
Current Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1921: 21.68.4(20)
Lent By: Alfred Bell, Esq.
Catalog Number: 209
Catalog Page: 23
Curators Notes: The engraving by the Dalziel Brothers was one of twenty images designed by J. E. Millais inspired by New Testament Parables.
Alt-Text: A man lies face down on the grass as sheep flee nearby. A lion looks on from the bushes and distant hills under a cloudy sky. A shepherd’s crook, hat, and deceased sheep are nearby on the ground.
Image Credit: The Met Open Access / Public Domain