Object number
85/81
Description
This is a faded and torn photograph mounted on card and depicting the winning Devon steer of the 1907 Smithfield Club Cattle Show, with its owner, Edmund Hobbs, at Sonning Farm, Reading. The prize for first place was £25 and a £25 cup. This photograph was found in the Museum unaccessioned.
Physical description
1 photograph: mounted on card; very poor condition- faded and torn
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: PHOTOGRAPH // Accession number: 85/81 // Classification: LIVESTOCK Cattle breed // Negative number: 35/25810 // Acquisition method: Not known // Acquired from, date: Found in Museum unaccessioned // Store: Unmounted picture box // Condition: very poor // Recorder, date: JMB 9.1.86 // Description: [‘BEST DEVON STEER AT SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW’ underlined] 1907 // Faded and torn photograph of Devon Steer at Sonning Farm, Reading // 29 x 21cm // Dimensions: Mounted on card // 45.0cm wide x 35.0cm high // Associated information: Inscription on card: // Smithfield Club Cattle Show 1907 1st Prize £25, and the £25 cup for the Best DEVON in the show // Won by Edmund Hobbs, Sonning Farm, Reading. // ['Would this have once hung in a cattle shed at Sonning Farm? When did the University acquire the farm?' pencil] // References:'
Production date
1907-01-01 - 1907
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Dimensions
- Width 290 mm
- Height 210 mm
- Width 450 mm
- Height 350 mm
Associated subject
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