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The Swineherd (Le Gardeur de Porcs)
184319th century
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French, (1803–1860)
- animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
- genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
- herders - Use For Term
- peasants - Use for free people who support themselves by tilling the soil, either as small landholders or hired laborers. For the social class comprised of these people, use "peasantry." For those in a condition of servitude under feudalism, owing services to a lord and commonly attached to the lord's land, use "serfs." [December 1992 descriptor added.]
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Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French, (1803–1860) . The Swineherd (Le Gardeur de Porcs), 1843. Etching. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1940.D1.77. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .