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Etching of a sower striding across a field, arm outstretched to scatter seed, with oxen and a plowman in the distance.

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Paul-Edmé Le Rat, 1873 - The Sower (etching after Millet) VGM, a035, Jean-François Millet (1873), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This etching shows a striding male sower in a cap and loose work clothes, one arm extended as he scatters seed across an open field. In the distance a team of oxen and a figure with a plow move across the horizon. The print is credited to Jean-François Millet and dated 1873, with the engraving attributed to Paul-Edmé Le Rat.

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