Object number
64/103
Title
Short Horned Ox,
Collection
Creator
Description
This is a print from a chromolithograph of a painting, entitled 'Short Horned Ox', by W. H. Davis. It was lithographed by Day & Son of Grantham, and published by Samuel Ridge & Son of Grantham on 1 January 1856. The ox, which was bred by the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle Farm in Leicestershire, was four years and four months old, and won several prizes at the Smithfield Club show in 1854. It is one of a collection of paintings and prints thought to date from the last quarter of the 18th century to c.1860.
Physical description
1 tinted lithographic print in six colours: light wood frame with perspex
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'PRINT – Chromolithograph // Description // SHORT HORNED OX // 1856 // Painter W. H. Davis Lith. Day + Son // Chromolith. To the Queen, // Published Grantham by Samuel Ridge + Son // Jan 1st 1856 // Tinted lithograph in six colours. 26.8x 20.6in // Dimensions // Light wood frame // 87.5cm wide x 79.0cm high // Associated information // 79. A SHORT HORNED OX. The animal stands facing left, against a landscape background. Painter W. H. Davis. Lith. DAY AND SON. Grantham, SAMUEL RIDGE AND SON, 1856. Colour-lithograph; 26.8x20.7 in. Short horned ox, four years and four months old bred and fed by His Grace the Duke of Rutland, at the Belvoir Castle Farm, which obtained the first prize in class 10 of £25, with the silver medal to the breeder, and the gold medal as the best ox exhibited at the Smithfield Club Show, December, 1854- Weight 126 stone. W. H. Davis, del. Day & Son, Chromo-lith. To the Queen. Grantham, published by Samuel Ridge & Son, Jany 1st, 1859. // References: Rothamsted Collection collection No.79, p.30 // P. D. Carter's catalogue No.4, p.7.'
Production place
Kensington and Chelsea, Grantham, Grantham
Production date
1856 - 1856
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Width 875 mm
- Height 790 mm
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