The Hireling Shepherd, 1851, (1948). Creator: William Holman Hunt
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The Hireling Shepherd, 1851, (1948). Creator: William Holman Hunt
The Hireling Shepherd, 1851, (1948). A shepherd neglects his flock and woos a young woman with a lamb on her lap. Behind them, two bloated sheep lie on the ground poisoned by the corn. The scene is rich in symbolism, including a death s-head hawkmoth in the shepherds hand, the straying sheep, the transgressing of boundaries, and the apples and wildflowers. Hunts own explanation was that the couple symbolised the pointless theological debates engaged in by Christian churchmen, while a lack of proper moral guidance caused their flock to go astray. Painting in Manchester City Art Gallery. From " The Saturday Book", Eighth Year, edited by Leonard Russell. [Hutchinson, London, 1948]
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