Caption

Shepherds in the Landes, Les Landes, France, were traditionally Black-winged Stilt walkers who moved around in swampy terrain to tend their flocks of sheep, here with a cow team, 1880, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Date

Jan 20, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B84_008

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

30.5Mb (4.7Mb) / 13.3in x 8.9in / 4000 x 2667 (300dpi)

Keywords

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