Hereford Bull
William Henry Davis (c.1786 - 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1853 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
525 x 675 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609106
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hereford Bull by William Henry Davis (c.1786 – 1865), signed and dated, bottom right: W H Davis / 1853. Portrait of a Hereford bull, in profile to the right, in landscape setting, against a distant hill (the Wrekin), and a windmill visible in the background on the right. One of a set of sixteen portraits by William Henry Davis of Hereford cattle reared at Cronkhill by Richard Noel-Hill, 5th Baron Berwick (1800-1861).
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1947 with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated bottom right: W H Davis 1853 On reverse: Albert Edward 199 (in black ink, paper label pasted on stretcher)
Makers and roles
William Henry Davis (c.1786 - 1865), artist
References
Laing 2009: Alastair Laing, "A Bovine Paucity and Lack of Esteem", National Trust Arts/Buildings/Collections Bulletin, Summer Issue, July 2009, p.3