Creator |
Print made by unknown artist James Barenger, 1780–after 1831, British Published by Marshall, Lovitt & Armitage, Hull, Yorkshire, British |
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Title | The Famous Lincolnshire Ox |
Alternate Title(s) | The Famous Lincolnshire Ox, Fed by the Right Honorable Lord Yarborough Brocklesby |
Date |
1823 |
Medium | Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper |
Dimensions | Sheet (cropped inside plate): 17 x 20 1/2 inches (43.2 x 52.1 cm) Image: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (36.8 x 52.1 cm) |
Inscription(s)/ Marks/ Lettering |
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "C", Paul Mellon collector's mark, Lettered lower left: "Painted by J.Barenger."; lower center: "THE FAMOUS LINCOLNSHIRE OX, | Fed by the Right Hon.ble Lord Yarborough Brocklesby under the direction of the Hon.ble Chas. A. Pelham, M.P. | To whom this Plate is Dedicated by their most Obdt. and truly Humble Servants MARSHALL LOVITT & ARMITAGE the Present Owners. | Pubd. Sepr. 22, 1823, by Mefsrs. Marshall, Lovitt & Armitage, Hull, Yorkshire"; lower left: "The Lincolnshire Ox | was got by Young Fortune, the Property of Phillip Skipworth, Esqu. Young Fortune was got by Young favorite, & Young Favorite | by Comet, out of Countefs. Comet was sold for 1000 Guineas at Mr. Charles Collings' sale & Countefs sold at the same time for 420. | when nine years old. The Lincolnshire Ox was out of a favorite Cow of R.Goultons, Esqr. Bonby, which was got by Coddlenob and | Coddlenob by Patriot"; lower right: "Live Weight 464 Stone. | Dimensions | Five feet six inches in height of the shoulders. 11 feet 10 inches from the nose to the setting of the tail. 11 feet 1 inch in girth, | 3 feet 3 inches acrofs the back in three places, viz. the hips, shoulders, and middle of the back. 1 foot 2 inches from the breast | to the ground, 9 inches in girth of the fore leg, and 1 foot 10 inches between the fore legs." |
Credit Line | Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection |
Accession Number | B1985.36.260 |
Collection | Prints and Drawings |
Link to This Record | http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3414311 |
Subject Terms | agronomy | animal art | ewe (animal) | farming | husbandry | obesity | science |
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