A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.

"Selected pictures. From the picture in the collection of Robert Rawlinson, C.B., Boltons, West Brompton. The goatherd of Granada. R. Ansdell, R.A., painter. C. Cousen, engraver. In the autumn of 1855, Mr. Ansdell paid his first visit to Spain, in company with the late John Phillip, who had been there the preceding year. The two painters took up their residence in the city of Granada: the latter to study the gipsy tribes, contrabandistas, &c., and the former to study domestic animals and those in charge of them, with the picturesque costumes that adorn both. The results of this visit, and others undertaken by the artists, have been long seen on the walls of the Royal Academy. 'The goatherd of Granada' is one of the most beautiful representations of a special phase of Spanish rural life Mr. Ansdell has ever painted. The herd-boy, seated behind an open pannier, is journeying from the country into some town of Granada, leading thither his flock of she-goats to be milked: docile in the extreme, they require no driving, but instinctively follow their mounted guide along the rugged road; while the young kids are carefully packed and carried in the panniers. The composition of the group is very effective, and the whole subject is most pleasing. This picture is another example in Mr. Rawlinson's small but select gallery of modern art, which he has kindly allowed us to publish."—The art journal, loc. cit.

A painting owned by Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898, subsequently (from 1883), Sir Robert. He was a civil engineer who worked on the construction of docks and harbours, railways, water supply, sanitation and public health. His residence was at Lancaster Lodge, 11 The Boltons, South Kensington (Oxford dictionary of national biography)

[London] : [Virtue & Co.], [1873]

1 print : engraving ; image 26 x 19.5 cm

The goatherd of Granada. R. Ansdell, R.A. pinxt. C. Cousen, sculpt.

Wellcome Collection 30115i