A Herdwick sheep

A Herdwick sheep

A Herdwick on a Lakeland farm

‘An aristocrat of the high hills is the tough Herdwick sheep.’ So reads the caption on the rear of this print of a breed of sheep, whcih is commonly hefted onto upland ground. The image comes from the Farmers Weekly collections held at MERL (P FW PH2/S106/8).
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