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Drawing & Gouache

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Drawing & Gouache
by Rosa Bonheur of sheep. Image measures 10 1/8" x 6 3/4" with a single mat with gold frame which shows some age. Rosa Bonheur received a French government commission which led to her first great success, Ploughing in the Nivernais, exhibited in 1849. Her most famous work was the monumental Horse Fair, completed in 1855, which measured eight feet high by sixteen feet wide.(Currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY) It led to international fame and recognition and that same year she travelled to Scotland, "en route" meeting Queen Victoria, who admired her work, and where she completed sketches for later works including A Scottish Raid, completed in 1860, and Highland Shepherd. In France she was decorated with the Legion of Honour by the Empress Eugénie in 1865 and was promoted to Officer of the order in 1894.