Objektnummer
76/206
Titel
Portrait of Thomas William Coke,
Upphovsman
Beskrivning
This is a print of a portrait of Thomas William Coke Esqr. M. P. for Norfolk, inspecting some of his South-down sheep, with Mr Walton and the Holkam shepherds. The original is painted by Thomas Weaver then engraved by William Ward.
Fysisk beskrivning
1 print - engraving: good condition
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>3. <B>Thomas Coke of Norfolk inspecting his Southdown sheep</B><P> Another improved breed of the late eighteenth century - this time a shortwool - was the Southdown. Like the New Leicester, its success lay not so much in its intrinsic merit - though it was able to mature very rapidly which was of vital importance to the fast-growing meat market - but more so in the wide and improved range of shortwool breeds which it founded. As Trow-Smith states in <I>A History of British Livestock Husbandry</I>,'There is, probably, no Down breed of sheep which does not owe the greater part of its virtue to this [the Southdown] sheep', among them the Suffolk, the Hampshire, the Oxford and the Dorset.<P> Depicted above in 1808 with his famous Southdowns is Lord Coke of Holkham, the progressive farmer who did much to popularise livestock breeding in the late eighteenth/ early nineteenth century. He was contemporaneous with John Ellman of Glynde in Sussex, the man said to have pioneered this new Southdown breed, though it seems likely that other improvers were following similar lines at the same time.<P> Curiously for such an innovator who had previously done so much to promote the New Leicester breed, Coke was slow to adopt Southdowns at Holkham. When eventually he did take the plunge, in 1793, others were soon to follow.<P> 76/206</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Print- Engraving // Miss A. A. Ballantyne, North Berwick, East Lothian // Description- Portrait of Thomas William Coke with his Shepherds and Sheep. Painted by Thomas Weaver, Engraved by William Ward Oct 24th 1808, Monochrome mezzotint 72x55.5cm // Gold frame- 84cmx70cm // Associated information- Thomas William Coke Esqr. Thomas Coke, afterwards 1st Earl of Leicester, stands with an attendant ( Mr Walton) and two shepherds, inspecting fourteen Southdown sheep. In landscape background is Holkam Hall. Painter- Thomas Weaver. Engr. Wm Ward. Shrewsbury, Thomas Weaver, 1808. Coloured Mezzotint. Portrait of Thomas William Coke Esqr. M. P. for Norfolk, inspecting some of his South-down sheep, with Mr Walton and the Holkam shepherds. To the Right Honble. The Lord Viscount Anson, this plate is respectfully inscribed by his Lordship’s much obliged and very obedient servant, Thos. Weaver. [Arms of the 2nd Viscount Anson].’
Datum
1808-10-24
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Material
Teknik
Dimensioner
- Height 70.8 cm
- Width 84.3 cm
