'Garrick's Sister', Sire Shakespeare Dam Long-horned Beauty sold for 115 guineas at public auction
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1773 - 1812
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
927 x 723 mm (36 1/2 x 28 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271515
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Garrick's Sister',Sire Shakespeare Dam Long-horned Beauty sold for 115 guineas at public auction by John Boultbee. Brown and white cow facing right, waterfall and hills beyond. One of a set of five paintings, see SHG.P.145.1-5.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Marks and inscriptions
Garrick's Sister, Sire Shakespeare/Dam One-horned Beauty/sold for 115 GUINEAS at public Auction (label on frame)
Makers and roles
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812), artist