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1918-1919

Shepherd

Rockwell Kent

American, 1882 - 1971

The shepherd in this drawing is probably Lars Matt Olson, an elderly Alaskan pioneer and goat farmer who was the only other inhabitant of Fox Island at the time of Kent’s visit.

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Rockwell Kent, Shepherd, 1918-1919 | Philadelphia Museum of Art