[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
64/49
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Hereford Ox,
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a formal portrait of a 'Hereford Ox', painted by James Clark, of Hackney. It is undated, but probably dates from c.1860. It is one of a collection of paintings and prints thought to date from the last quarter of the 18th century to c.1860.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 painting: frame with perspex
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN><P>?James Clark</P><P>HEREFORD OX</P><P>ca. 1860</P><P>James Clark specialised in animal portraiture. His family is a useful reminder that heritable traits are not limited to livestock. Clark had six sons and two daughters. One of his daugters became mother to notable portrait artist Albert Henry Collings. Of his sons, one became a heraldic painter, one a painter and decorator, and the remaining four worked as artists. His youngest son traded alongside him as a painter of livestock.</P><P>MERL 64/49<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Source Sans Pro"; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Source Sans Pro"'><O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></P></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'OIL-PAINTING // Description // HEREFORD OX // Painted by J. Clark, [undated but probably c.1860] 21 Walbrook St., New North Rd., Hoxton. // Dimensions // Framed [ no glass] // 24 in x 20 in // Associated information // P.D. Carter's No 100', MERL miscellaneous note [The Royal Smithfield Club] – ‘A letter was received from the Museum in which it was stated that they had been given an opportunity to purchase a collection of paintings and prints of Farm Livestock executed during the period from the last quarter of the 18th century to about 1860. These include animals which had won prizes at the Smithfield Shows of 1834 and 1851… At the request of the Council, Mr. W. J. Cumber and Mr. P. M. Colebrook inspected the paintings and prints, and they were unanimous in recommending that the Club should purchase the prints and present them to the Museum… The Museum have agreed that the collection shall be recorded as The Royal Smithfield Club Collection.’
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Hackney
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1860 - 1860
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